In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the number of people infected with dengue virus has exceeded 1,600. As many as 61 confirmed cases of dengue in Peshawar, nine each in Abbottabad and Buttagram, five in Haripur, eight in Mansehra, 10 in Swat, four in Mardan, 12 in Shangla, three in Buner.
The spokesman further said that 1,869 dengue cases have so far reported in Punjab. During the last 24 hours, 238 cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab including 116 confirmed cases from Rawalpindi, 76 from Islamabad and 45 from Lahore.
Moreover, the Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed emergency surveillance of dengue larvae across the province. The field teams should exert full efforts and all possible measures should be employed to eradicate dengue, he added. He assured that dengue will be eliminated by working day and night.
The CM directed the provincial administration as well as the health department to conduct comprehensive surveillance of private as well as public sector buildings to eradicate dengue larvae. Similarly, tyre shops and graveyards should be regularly monitored and all necessary facilities should be available to the dengue patients in the hospitals.
The chief minister said that the health of the people would be protected and no leniency will be tolerated in this regard. He said that government and private sector should extend full cooperation to the anti-dengue teams and citizens should not let accumulate water in their houses and rooftops.