ISLAMABAD: Health authorities on Sunday feared Pakistan might face an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, keeping in view the recent spike in dengue cases across the country.
According to the provincial health department, ninety cases of dengue virus have been reported across Punjab over the past 24 hours, adding that 81 of these cases were reported in Lahore alone.
Meanwhile, Rawalpindi reported six cases of dengue virus while Vehari, Sargodha and DI Khan reported one case each of the virus over the past day.
Furthermore, 32 more people were infected with the virus in Islamabad during the past 24 hours, pushing the tally of the cases to 177. Dengue larvae were found at 158 spots by health authorities on Saturday.
KP health department in collaboration with the district administrations has begun fumigation and an awareness campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the detection of over 800 dengue cases.
The cases of the mosquito-borne disease were reported in 19 districts of the province, where the district health officers had been instructed to team up with the administrations and relevant departments to carry out spray in the infected areas.
According to officials, the province has reported 848 cases during the last one month and of them, 37 were admitted to the hospitals. However, no casualty was reported.
Nowshera has recorded 213 dengue cases, Buner 190, Peshawar 145, Khyber 124, Swabi 34 and Mardan 24. The health officials said they’re alarmed by the growing dengue incidence and feared the situation could go the 2018 way when the hospitals were overwhelmed with cases from villages, especially Peshawar’s.
