Healthcare providers to report every new case of leprosy: Delhi govt

Leprosy volition beryllium declared a notifiable illness nether the Delhi Epidemic Diseases Act, making it mandatory for each healthcare providers to study each caller lawsuit of leprosy to the District Leprosy Officer, the authorities said connected Friday (May 1, 2026).

The determination is aimed astatine strengthening surveillance, ensuring aboriginal detection, and improving attraction compliance crossed the nationalist capital.