Tag: Dengue

Two more patients die of dengue fever in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: Two more patients lost their lives in Rawalpindi on Friday due to dengue fever which has become a pandemic throughout the country. The two...

Dengue claims 103 more patients in Karachi

KARACHI: The number of dengue cases in Karachi have risen to 1,618 as 103 newly diagnosed patients were admitted at various hospitals across the city...

Govt to ‘probe’ dengue outbreak

--Authorities to seek assistance of WHO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to hold “investigation” into the outspread of...

Dengue cases shoot to a whopping 14,015 across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: At least 14,015 cases of dengue have been confirmed in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan's special assistant on national health services, regulations, and coordination,...

Dengue continues to spread across country

--Over 10,000 people tested positive for mosquito-borne disease  ISLAMABAD: At least 10,000 people have tested positive for dengue in the country with the number expected...

Punjab govt comes up with dengue ‘cure’

As dengue virus continues to take toll across Punjab with dozens of cases being reported every day, the Toba Tek Singh deputy commissioner has...

Rising dengue cases fail to move Buzdar govt

--Administration fails to destroy mosquito-breeding spots, lift garbage    LAHORE: It seems it will take more than an outbreak to wake up the Punjab government up...

285 new cases of dengue reported in Turbat

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has apparently failed to control the spread of dengue virus as 285 new cases emerged in Turbat city of the...

Dengue claims three lives in Kech

KECH: Dengue outbreak has widened in Kech district of Balochistan as more than 150 cases have been reported in the area from January. According to the...

Surge in dengue cases fails to move Punjab govt

--Punjab health minister says govt is trying to spread awareness through LHWs but ‘there’s little we can do’ LAHORE: The provincial health department has failed...

Another diagnosed with dengue virus in Lahore

Lahore: A 14-year-old girl has been diagnosed with dengue virus in the Hanjarwal area. The affected girl is under treatment at the isolation ward...

25 new dengue fever cases emerge in Karachi

KARACHI: As many as 25 more dengue fever cases surfaced in Karachi in a week, taking the reported cases toll to 227 since 1st...

38 dengue cases reported in first week of 2019 in Sindh

KARACHI: As many as 36 new dengue fever cases emerged in Karachi in the first week of 2019. According to the weekly report issued by...

63 more dengue cases reported in Karachi

KARACHI: At least 63 more dengue fever cases were detected in Karachi last week, taking the reported cases’ toll to 1,862 since 1st January...

‘Clean and green Pakistan’ drive to be launched in Rawalpindi educational...

RAWALPINDI: The provincial School Education Department (SED) has decided to launch a drive, 'Clean and green Pakistan', in all educational institutions of Rawalpindi under the...

Dengue claims another life in Karachi 

KARACHI: Another death from dengue fever was reported at Aga Khan Hospital the other day where a 60-year old man succumbed to the deadly...

Afridi visits PIMS, reviews facilities to dengue patients

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Affairs Shehryar Khan Afridi on Tuesday visited Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and reviewed health facilities to patients, suffering...