Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- All government and private hospitals, clinics and laboratories in Haryana will have to report every confirmed case of vector-borne diseases to the concerned civil surgeon within 24 hours of detection along with complete patient details.

Haryana government has notified the amended Haryana Epidemic Diseases (malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis) Regulations, 2024.

"Now the provisions have been made to penalise the violators of the regulations," additional chief secretary (health) Sumita Misra said informing that the notification has been issued under Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in view of the continued threat posed by outbreaks of malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Japanese Encephal...