16 cases of dengue have been reported from various health institutions in Chandigarh.

Chandigarh, 24th September, 2016: Today 16 cases of dengue have been reported from various health institutions which includes12 new cases and 4 confirmed amongst probable cases (till the release of press note) which brings the total number of Dengue cases to 238 in the city. Four new cases of Chickungunya have been reported by GMCH 32 and PGIMER. On field investigations it was observed that out of these one was reported as wrong address. The details of 24 cases of Chickungunya detected in Chandigarh are 6 imported, 6 wrong address and 12 from Chandigarh
To further strengthen the preventive activities, daily fumigation is being carried out alongwith strengthening of field activities which includes mass awareness, checking of breeding sources like coolers, containers, tyres and other sources. Today under dengue drive