Shahid while giving the details of the
dengue fever in district Abbottabad said we have admitted 38 patients out of which 29 patients were confirmed with
dengue fever and rest were discharged with other ailments.
According to the weekly report issued by Prevention and Control Program for Dengue (PCPD) Sindh, at least 163 more
dengue fever cases were emerged across the Sindh province in a week, out of which 156 were reported in Karachi and seven in other districts.
'Since 2010, Pakistan has been experiencing an epidemic of
dengue fever that has caused 16,580 confirmed cases and 257 deaths in Lahore and nearly 5,000 cases and 60 deaths reported from the rest of the country.
The unfortunate 15 year old girl Adia daughter of Malik Iftikhar died of
dengue fever while another person reportedly died by the same cause a few days back in Manshera.
Dengue cases on the rise in Karachi At many as 80 more
dengue fever cases were reported in the city in a week, taking the reported cases toll to 1152 since 1st January 2019.
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Four deaths were also reported in Karachi city due to
dengue fever this year.
Santy said the number of
dengue fever patients has continued to rise remarkably, especially between the end of May and the beginning of July, despite the Ministry of Health's efforts in preventing an outbreak.
Of the 22 indigenous cases of
dengue fever in Kaohsiung, 19 have occurred in Sanmin District, all of them in the past four weeks, according to CDC data.
A total of 232 dengue cases were detected in Sindh province so far out of which 227 were in Karachi and five in other districts.A death also occurred in Karachi city due to
dengue fever this year so far.
Al most 3005 clinical dengue cases were recruited for the study from 39930 cases that reported at OPD with suspected
dengue fever. All these patients were screened for ophthalmic involvement.
Despite having two children in the hospital due to
dengue fever, Baste's mom Sheila tried to make light of the situation.