Health minister to chair review meeting on dengue amid rising cases in Delhi

Union minister for health Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meeting on Monday as the dengue cases in Delhi are seeing an alarming surge, officials said. The meeting will be held at 10am, according to the officials.

With the onset of the monsoon every year, the city sees a dengue outbreak, which usually ends as the winter season arrives. However, this year, the city is seeing a major uptick in cases which is still continuing.

Doctors said earlier that despite the prevalence of the serotype 2 dengue virus associated with a higher risk of severe disease, most people are not showing severe symptoms.

Dengue virus causes fever and haemorrhagic symptoms and is associated with more severe diseases.