DISEASE ALERTS/OUTBREAKS REPORTED AND RESPONDED TO BY STATES/UTs

THROUGH INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME (IDSP)

1st Week (30th December 13 5th January) 2014

District wise disease alerts/outbreaks reported in the 1st Week, 2014

REPORTING STATUS OF STATES/UTs

No. of States /UTs submitted outbreak report
34
(including NIL report)
No. of States/ UTs submitted NIL outbreak report 29
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Sl. Name of Name of Disease/ Illness No. of No. of Date of Date of Current Comments/ Action taken
No. State/UT District Cases Deaths start of reporting Status
outbreak
Cases reported from Ward no III, Kottakupuram, PHC K.S. Puram,
Block Oachira, District Kollam. District RRT investigated the
i. Food Under
1 Kerala Kollam 19 0 31/12/13 03/01/14 outbreak. House to house survey done. Cases consumed food on an
Poisoning control
excursion. Temporary medical camp organized. Cases treated.
Health education given regarding food hygiene.
Cases of fever reported from Village Golharwasti, SC Kapsi, PHC
Dhamangaon, Block Ashti, District Akola. District RRT
Maharashtra Beed ii. Dengue & 11 0 03/01/14 04/01/14 Under investigated the outbreak. District RRT investigated the outbreak.
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Chikungun control House to house fever survey done. Cases treated. 5 serum samples
ya collected were positive for Dengue and Chikungunya (IgM ELISA).
Application of abate and fogging done. IEC done.
Cases of loose motion and vomiting reported from Village
iii. Food Under Sankripali, District Kalahandi. Medical team investigated the
3 Odisha Kalahandi 42 0 02/01/14 03/01/14
Poisoning control outbreak. Cases consumed food in a social function. Cases treated at
local health centre. Health education given regarding food hygiene.
Outbreak of diarrhoea reported from Village Murar Ramgarh,
District West Medinipur West. Medical team investigated the
iv. Acute outbreak. Active search for cases done. Symptomatic treatment
West Under
Diarrhoeal 145 0 04/01/14 05/01/14 given to cases. 3 water samples collected; result awaited.
Medinipur control
Disease Chlorination of water sources done. Halogen tablets distributed in
the community. Health education given regarding safe drinking
water and sanitation.
An outbreak of food poisoning reported from Village Belsora, SC
Kukhutia, Block Dubrajpur, District Birbhum. District RRT and
v. Food Under Block health team investigated the outbreak. Cases presented
Birbhum 199 0 31/12/13 31/12/13
Poisoning control symptoms with loose motion and pain abdomen. Cases consumed
West Bengal
food in a death ceremony. All cases treated symptomatically. Health
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education given.
Outbreak of jaundice reported from urban area of ward no. 6
(Koibarta Para, Ghosh Para lane) in Howrah Municipal Corporation,
District Howrah. Medical team investigated the outbreak. House to
house survey done. Poor drainage system and poor sanitary
vi. Viral conditions were observed in the locality. All cases treated locally.
Under
Howrah Hepatitis A 85 0 26/12/13 27/12/13 Out of 27 serum samples collected, 9 samples were positive for
surveillance
&E Hepatitis A, 13 samples for Hepatitis E and 3 samples were positive
for Hepatitis E & A (IgM ELISA) Chlorination of water sources
done in the affected area. Halogen tablets distributed in the
community. IEC done regarding safe drinking water, hygiene and
sanitation.

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 DISEASE OUTBREAKS OF PREVIOUS WEEKS REPORTED LATE
Sl. Name of Name of Disease/ Illness Cases Deaths Date of Current Comments/ Action taken
No State/UT District start of Status
outbreak
Cases of diarrhoea reported from Village/SC/PHC Kudmura, Block
vii. Acute /District Korba. District RRT investigated the outbreak. House to house
1 Chhattisgarh Korba Diarrhoeal 13 0 23/12/13 Under control survey done. Temporary medical camp organized in the locality.
Disease Chlorination of water sources done. Halogen tablets distributed. Health
education imparted regarding personal hygiene.
Cases of loose motion and vomiting reported from Village
Ambalappuzha, SC /PHC Purakad Punnapura, Block Ambalappuzha,
viii. Food
Alappuzha 24 0 16/12/13 Under control District Alappuzha. District RRT investigated the outbreak. Cases
Poisoning
consumed food on a educational tour. Cases treated symptomatically.
IEC done regarding safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation.
Kerala
2 Cases of fever, vomiting, yellowish discoloration of skin and urine
reported from Village/PHC Pulpally, SC Adikolly, Block Bathery,
District Wayanad. District RRT investigated the outbreak. Active search
ix. Viral Under
Wayanad 18 0 22/12/13 for cases done. 4 serum samples and 6 water samples collected; result
Hepatitis? surveillance
awaited. Chlorination of water sources done. Chlorine tablets distributed
in the community. IEC done regarding safe drinking water, hygiene and
sanitation.
Cases of fever reported from Village Musarne, SC Chinchghar, PHC
Kudus, Block Wada, District Thane. District RRT investigated the
3 Maharashtra Thane x. Fever 9 1 20/12/13 Under control outbreak. House to house fever survey done. Cases treated at local health
centre. Serum samples collected; result awaited. Anti-larval activities and
fogging done. IEC done.