The Government of India recognized that dengue is not under control

New Delhi, October 5, 2006. - The Indian government today admitted that the dengue epidemic that already affects 3,000 people in the country, especially in New Delhi, is not yet under control, although it is reluctant to declare an epidemic.
Dengue fever, transmitted by the mosquito "aedes", has caused 38 deaths and affecting 2,900 people, including two grandchildren and a son of Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh admitted in stable condition in hospital of Delhi, AIIMS.
The dengue outbreak comes at a time when the South also faces a major outbreak of chikungunya virus, transmitted by the same mosquito that has claimed 75 lives with a total of 40,000 affected.
"I would not say that dengue is completely controlled, but the government is trying to reduce it from spreading," said Information Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, the local agency PTI after a meeting held today by the Government to treat this problem.
A few hours later, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on appearance before the media that the disease has caused 38 deaths among around 2,900 suspected cases around the country with a high incidence in New Delhi, where 16 people have died and more than 600 concerned.
According to the NDTV television channel during the government meeting there was a showdown between the Health Minister and his counterpart of Railways, Lalu Prasav, who commented that there is a perception that the Government has not done enough.
Ramadoss defended the measures taken by the government, saying they are adequate, and accused the media to address the issue disproportionately.
However, in New Delhi most of the population has suffered any known viruses and suspicious that the information in the government, while psychosis grows about the possible spread of dengue.
In recent days, several hospitals in the capital have been fined for failing to maintain adequate hygienic conditions, which facilitates the spread of mosquito that causes dengue.
In AIIMS, home to the grandsons of the Prime Minister, currently receives care a hundred patients, 20 of whom contracted the disease in the student campus that surrounds the facility.
The Indian government claims that has been active in the development of the virus and that most states have followed the instructions made ​​six months ago the Minister of Health on the end of the monsoon season often brings the spread of disease infectious.
In addition, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has implemented massive spraying to prevent the disease from spreading, and fines of ten euros for owners of areas that the mosquito uses to breed, and stagnant water.
Some hoteliers' associations have expressed their fears about the spread of the disease in a period when tourism revenues are the largest of the year.
"If the dengue continues to worsen and foreign countries take action, things can get ugly for stocks," said the newspaper "Times of India" Rajendra Kumar, president of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of North India.
Dengue is a viral disease that can be fatal and is characterized by a high fever, severe pain in muscles and joints and swollen lymph nodes.
The bite of the mosquito "Aedes aegypti" is common during summer and monsoon months.

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