The Health Department has notified the Haryana Epidemic Diseases, Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) regulations, 2014, that would remain in force up to March next year.

New Delhi: US scientists have warned India of increased incidence of infectious and vectorborne diseases in coming years due to climate change.

Pune: Experts in the city have demanded that vectorborne diseases like dengue be made ‘notifiable’ to curb their spread.

Pune has registered a whopping 741 cases of dengue this year so far. September and October have seen the highest number of cases at 126 and 133 respectively.

Pune: At a time when dengue has proved to be a major health concern for the city, other mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and chikungunya have kept the civic administration on its toes.

Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December

Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if preventive measures are not intensified. Experts fear that the mosquito-related illnesses will continue till December if anti-mosquito drives are not intensified.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has registered 160 cases of dengue, including a casualty, in the last 109 days.

Experts trying to find reasons for the steep rise in illnesses spread by mosquitoes in the city over the last two years have squarely blamed patients who don't complete the prescribed course of med