LAHORE: Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare department Sarah Aslam directed the Department to intensify the dengue prevention activities across the Punjab.
In this regard, she appealed to take special care of cleanliness and no garbage should be thrown in open places and Monsoon rains season have also started. Precautionary measures against Dengue are very important. Citizens should be more responsible in preventing Dengue during monsoon, especially rainwater should not accumulate in residential areas.
During last 24 hours, no new case of Dengue reported across the province. Total 1 confirm Dengue patient is undergoing treatment in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi, across the whole Province. During this year total 61 confirmed cases of dengue have been reported from all across the province and out of all confirmed patients, 27 patients has been reported from Lahore. No new case of Dengue reported across the whole Province, yesterday. 1 dengue patient is undergoing treatment in the all hospitals of Lahore and throughout the Province.
In last 24 hours, 306,603 indoor and 68,474 locations were checked across the Punjab while larvae were destroyed from 365 locations. In Lahore, 21,756 houses and 5,553 outdoor places were checked for dengue larvae and 277 positive containers were destroyed.
In this regard, Secretary Sarah Aslam said that precautionary measures against dengue should also be taken besides of taking precautionary measures against Corona epidemic. She further added that do not allow the storage of water at indoor and outdoor places; as hygiene can prevent dengue mosquito breeding. Be a responsible citizen by keep your surroundings neat and clean.
She further said that the public is requested to extend full cooperation to the health department teams if they come to your home or business centers for the checking of dengue larvae, as dengue can be very fatal and is a very dangerous fever which can cause death.