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Thursday, October 28, 2010
300 more fall prey to dengue virus across country
* Number of dengue patients rises to 3,138
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: More than 300 people have become victim of the dengue virus in the last 24 hours across the country, whereas 23 people have died of the fever, a private TV channel reported on Wednesday.
According to the National Institute of Health, the number of dengue fever patients had reached 3,138 in number. The deadly disease has affected the Sindh province most. At least 63 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever during the last 24 hours in Karachi, 44 people in Hyderabad, 3 in Sanghar and one person each in Larkana, Nawab shah and Mirpur Khas were tested positive for dengue fever in the current month.
The disease has affected 1,048 people in the Punjab province, whereas most patients have been found in the city of Lahore where 901 people were affected from the outbreak. 135 cases of the fever had been reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 5 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). In Rawalpindi and Islamabad, 316 people were affected from the disease. A doctor of the PIMS Hospital also fell prey to the dengue virus. On the other hand, 4 people have died of the fever in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, 16 in Sindh, 2 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one in AJK have died of deadly disease.
Substandard anti-dengue spray is being used in the Punjab province. A laboratory report proved that the anti-dengue spray used in the Punjab province was substandard. Former executive district officer health had been held responsible as he bought the spray. The report had been sent to the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, a private TV channel reported.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk