IMPHAL: Health officials of Churachandpur district have sounded a health alert to combat the spread of dengue as a case has been confirmed in the the Kuki-Chin-Mizo-dominated district.
Besides spreading awareness on the epidemic, the district's health officials appealed to the people to get their blood tested immediately in case of any suspected symptoms.
Having heard the spread of dengue at Chengkhonpang village in the district headquarters a few days back, the district malaria officials went to the village on October 18 and collected blood samples of a 17-year-old girl and woman suspected to be infected of the epidemic, sources said.
The two samples were tested positive at the district's rapid diagnostic testing centre and for further confirmation, the same were sent to the state malaria department and later to the microbiology department of the centre-run Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) here, the sources added.
However, the two are now out of danger.
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