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Article: New Delhi Urges Calm After Outbreak
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- October 4, 2006
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NEW DELHI - Authorities in New Delhi on Tuesday called for calm after an outbreak of dengue fever killed 15 people and infected hundreds of others in the capital and other parts of northern India.
New Delhi Health Minister Yoganand Shastri held an emergency meeting with local hospital administrators, demanding that medical officials take strict action to fight against the spread of the virulent ailment.
"There is no need to panic and we are not declaring it an epidemic yet," Shastri told reporters after the meeting.
So far, 497 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported in New Delhi and 11 people have died, he said.
The disease also has hit New Delhi's neighboring states ...