Malkangiri: While the japanese Encephalitis has taken an outbreak proportion in Malkangiri district, currently dengue fever scare gripped the district again.
According to sources twenty patients at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) are tested positive for the dengue fever virus. The reports are received in between October eleven and November three.
Odisha Health Services Director Dr Chittaranjan Nayak said since January, only three person in Malkangiri have so far been affected by dengue.