Tag: Dengue
Punjab government to knock out dengue?
Punjab Health Director General (DG) Dr Aslam Chaudhry said on Monday that the implementation of a new strategy to eradicate dengue various had been...
Dengue count continues to rise
Dengue patients in the city reached 273 from 42 last week while the total number of patients infected this year reached 323 in Punjab....
Dengue hell breaks loose
Dengue continued its unending spree on Thursday, as 41 more cases were reported in Punjab. Only one case was reported in Faisalabad while all...
70 dengue patients and counting
Dengue continues to raise its ugly head, as 70 more cases were reported in the province on Wednesday.
Lahore has been the most hit area...
Dengue outbreak feared
An official of the National Institute of Health (NIH) said there was danger of dengue fever spreading in the twin cities. The first case...
40-bed dengue ward to be set up at ASH
Following the outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever in the city, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) would establish a special 40-bed dengue ward at...
Dengue turns epidemic, infects 27 more
Dengue has finally showed its intensity this year, as 27 more people were diagnosed with the disease across Punjab on Tuesday. Lahore again led...
Dreaded dengue mosquitoes are back
The dengue-carrying mosquitoes have started buzzing in Karachi even before the city received heavy rainfall as the Husaini Blood Bank has confirmed 80 positive...
Dengue traps eight more
The dengue epidemic seems uncontrollable, as eight more cases were reported in Punjab on Monday.
One case was diagnosed in Jinnah Hospital while four patients...
NIH warns against dengue outbreak in twin cities
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has rung alarm bells in all health departments of the capital regarding the outbreak of dengue after the...
‘Community awareness must to control dengue’
Communities need to work closely with health services in the battle against mosquitoes spreading dengue – a serious illness that afflicts around 50 million...
Four more confirmed as dengue patients in Lahore
Dengue virus is once again at large infecting people in Punjab, as four more people have been tested positive for the disease.
All these dengue...
Dengue stages deadly comeback
The toll of dengue patients is on the rise in the province, as five more cases of dengue fever were reported in Punjab on...
Four dengue cases emerge in city, one dies
The fear of a dengue epidemic has increased with a surge in the number of patients affected with virus. One dengue patient died in...
Citizen dies from dengue fever
The second patient, resident of Zhob, suffering from dengue fever has died in Karachi based hospital.
“The said patient resident of Zhob town was admitted...
‘Malaria, dengue set to reach peak season in a few months’
Malaria and dengue diseases are set to reach peak season in the next few months and the reporting cell for dengue fever has been...
Dengue hit Sindh hardest in 2010
ISLAMABAD - Dengue fever hit the Sindh province harder than other provinces during 2010 as compared to 2009, the National Assembly on Wednesday was informed on Wednesday by Inter-provincial Coordination Minister Raza Rabbani. The minister held last year's massive floods responsible for the dengue outbreak, adding that the damage had been curtailed thanks to enhanced surveillance undertaken during the floods and the laboratory diagnostic facilities provided by the government. Rabbani