LAHORE: Dengue hemorrhagic fever has killed six people while 213 new cases were reported in Punjab during the past 24 hours on Wednesday. The Punjab health department confirmed that four patients of dengue have died in Lahore. Lahore has reported the most out of the total dengue cases. Whereas, the total count of dengue fever […]
Dengue
Islamabad reports 54 new cases of dengue today: DHO
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital has registered 54 new dengue fever cases during the past 24 hours, quoting the district health officer. In the last 24 hours, 54 patients of dengue fever were reported in rural and urban areas of Islamabad. According to the district health officer (DHO), 38 cases were reported from rural areas and […]
Dengue surveillance being carried out in Lahore
LAHORE: Anti-dengue drive launched by the district administration is in full swing as surveillance is being carried out at various points in the provincial capital. Additional Deputy Commissioner Shahid Abbas Kathia on Saturday visited the Bata factory, Batapur, where he checked staff working in streets for indoor surveillance. He observed the attendance and performance of […]
Dengue patients across Pakistan crosses 50,000
ISLAMABAD: The number of Dengue patients across the country crossed 50,000 on Saturday as health officials struggled to handle with the deadly epidemic on a mass scale. According to reports, at least 250 people have already died of dengue in different parts of the country over the past few weeks. The twin cities of Rawalpindi and […]
Deadly dengue outbreak overwhelms Bangladesh
DHAKA: Five-year-old Mohammad Ahnaf lies in a makeshift bed in the balcony of a major hospital in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, fighting for his life as dengue fever ravages his little body. But his mother Shimul Akhter knows he is one of the lucky ones as Bangladesh grapples with its worst-ever outbreak of the viral fever […]
Dengue in Kech
Sir: Count of dengue-effected people is growing day by day. Till now, according to District Health Officer, 230 dengue cases have been reported in Kech. Three victims have lost their lives while some others are in serious conditions. In fact, it has affected numerous people all across Pakistan in past. So, it is my request […]
Dengue in Turbat
Sir: Dengue outbreak has widened in Kech district of Balochistan as more than 150 cases of dengue have been reported in the area from January till now. According to the District Health Officer, three out of the reported dengue patients have died while some others are in critical condition and some have recovered. But, the […]
285 new cases of dengue reported in Turbat, Balochistan
The Balochistan government has apparently failed to control the spread of dengue virus as 285 new cases emerged in Turbat city of the province in last two weeks. According to District Health Officer (DHO), overall 528 cases have been reported in the last 3.5 months. The situation could be worsened after a new spell of […]
Here comes dengue, again
Sir: Once again dengue mosquito has entered in Turbat city and due to this, fever is on the rise in our city. Irony is that our health department is sleeping. Our local government hospitals still don’t have any vaccine or blood tests facility and people are still at mercy of local doctors and private labs. […]
16 more dengue cases surface in Karachi
As many as 16 more dengue fever cases were reported in Karachi in a week, taking the reported cases’ toll to 325 since 1st January 2019. According to the weekly report issued by Prevention and Control Program for Dengue in Sindh, at least 16 new dengue fever cases detected throughout the Karachi city in a […]