At least 69 new cases of dengue were reported in Delhi since Sunday, taking the number of those infected to 434 this year. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Monday said that the body has issued 45,532 legal notices against owners of property where water stagnation was found. These conditions lead to breeding of mosquitoes, Xinhua reported. "A total of 6,125 persons have been prosecuted. The civic body has also released advisory in newspapers, stating the symptoms of and preventive measures for the vector-borne disease and urging the people not to panic," the advertisement of the MCD said. Dengue is transmitted to humans by the aedes aegypti mosquito and its symptoms include fever, joint and bone pain, nausea, headache and fatigue. Mosquito breeding has been detected in 44,743 houses in various parts of the city, officials of the MCD said, adding that the south zone of the civic agency has been the worst affected.
