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Mumbai: Private labs to report malaria cases to BMC
Updated On: 12 June, 2022 02:32 PM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
City doctors and health experts laud move, say it will help monitor disease and prevent outbreaks
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With malaria being declared a notifiable disease by the Centre, private labs and doctors are ensuring that data is procured and relayed to the official channels. More than a hundred cases have already been reported by the private healthcare sector. A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. The collation of information allows authorities to monitor the disease, and provides early warning of possible outbreaks.
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