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Central team to chalk out special packages to control diseases in DK'

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August 26, 2012

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Mangalore, August 26: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Oscar Fernandes said that a central team has already been requested to visit the district and chalk out special packages and programmes to control spread of diseases like malaria, dengue and leptospirosis.

He was speaking to media persons during his brief visit to Government Wenlock Hospital here, Mr. Fernandes said the outbreak of these diseases, seen during the monsoon, should be curtailed at the earliest.

He interacted with patients suffering from malaria and leptospirosis. Officials at Wenlock hospital said over 2,400 patients had been admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with malaria, three of whom had succumbed to the disease.

Currently 11 dengue and 11 leptospirosis patients were recuperating in the hospital, according to the officials.

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July 13,2020

Mangaluru, July 13: With the confirmation of four more deaths related to novel coronavirus, the covid-19 death toll in Dakshina Kannada has mounted to 50.

In fact, the four fatalities had occurred on Saturday. Today the authorities concerned that they were tested positive for Covid-19.

The deceased include two septuagenarians, a sexagenarian, and a 53-year-old. All of them were male.

Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh revealed that their comorbidities were diabetes in ICU, pneumonia in ICU, hepatitis in ICU, severe acute  respiratory infection and carcinoma of the lung respectively.

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May 8,2020

Hassan, May 8: A newly married couple accidentally fell into the Hemavathi river and drowned while clicking selfies near Henneli village in the district, police said on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Kritika (23) of the same village and Artheesh (27) of Belur taluk in the district.

They got married on March 20. Both were working in Bengaluru and were in the village due to the lockdown.

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March 29,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 29: Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited in a statement announced that their milk collection centres across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will be closed on March 29 and 30.

Due to a shortage of storage space with them, the Union has decided to stop collecting milk on these two days, according to the statement issued here on Saturday.

The sale/retail of milk and milk products won’t be affected in these two days.

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