Dengue affected patients in Rawalpindi reached 5,000 on Sunday as 55 more people tested positive to the disease during the past 24 hours.
Doctors state that most of the people have been sent to their homes after providing them with medical assistance. At least 10 people have died from dengue fever this year in Rawalpindi.
There is no treatment for dengue, which causes symptoms including fever, severe joint pain, headaches and bleeding. About half the world’s population; is at risk from this mosquito-borne disease; which sickens about 100 million people every year, mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
People have been advised to use mosquito net, insect repellents and to avoid storing water in open pots where the larvae can breed.
