Earlier, the AAP also said there was no need to panic over chikungunya.
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At Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, officials said every day one or two doctors go on leave due to viral fever.
This has worsened the shortage of medical staff dealing with fever patients and taken a toll on services at many hospitals across Delhi.
Nadda said the Centre has from the month of January issued advisories in connection with dengue and chikungunya.
An 80-year-old patient died of chikungunya complications Tuesday afternoon.
Speaking to IANS, Lalit Dar of AIIMS’ Department of Microbiology told IANS: “Cases testing positive for chikungunya are rising. He died of multi-organ failure triggered by complications from the disease”, they said.
As per the data of Municipal Corporation said that the number of dengue, chikungunya and malaria infections stands at 1,158, 1,057 and 21 respectively.
The latest deaths included that of Deputy Director of the Social Welfare Department M.P. Singh, who passed away at the Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences on Wednesday.
On August 31, a 25-year-old man died of dengue at Apollo Hospital. He died on September 9.
He further claimed that chikungunya, which has caused havoc in the national capital killing 5 people till now, “can never be the cause of anyone’s death”.
At least nine deaths due to dengue have been reported this year in the national capital, though the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which compiles the report on vector-borne diseases on behalf of all civic bodies here, has maintained the death tally at four. He also directed the MCDs and Delhi government to create awareness among public to prevent mosquito breeding and about the disease as well.
Mr Nadda also urged the people not to panic and help in pacifying the current upsurge of vector borne diseases.
Taking cognisance of rise in chikungunya fatalities, the Centre has sought a detailed report from Delhi government. “We will probe as to why in one hospital there have been chikungunya deaths”, he said. “I have assured him (Delhi Health Minister) that Centre is ready to provide whatever assistance needed to deal with the situation”.
New Delhi: Within hours of returning from the United States, Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday held a high-level meeting to review the situation related to spread of vector-borne diseases.
Meanwhile, some people in West Bengal have tested positive for malaria as well.
Of the six chikungunya deaths, three people were diabetics, over the age of 55 years and had a heart or a kidney disease.
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As per the website of the Health Ministry of the Government of the NCT Delhi [GNCTD], the Ministry is responsible for the health of the population within the NCT.
