ISLAMABAD: The tally of dengue fever cases in the capital rose to 409 as 40 new cases were reported on Friday. Moreover, hospitals in Rawalpindi received 27 patients in the last 24 hours.

District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia said 30 of the cases reported in the last 24 hours were from rural areas and 10 from urban areas. He said 19 patients were admitted in the Federal General Hospital, 10 in Holy Family Hospital, five in Pims, two in Capital Hospital and the remaining in private hospitals, he added.

Dr Zia said 14 cases were reported from Tarali, six from Alipur, four from Tarnol, three from Koral, two from Bhara Kahu and one from Sohan.

So far, 262 cases have been reported from the rural areas and 147 from the urban areas, he added.

The District Health Office is increasing indoor residual spray and fogging activities to prevent the spread and eliminate the potential breeding sits of larva, he said.

Besides, teams also visited 1,620 houses and eliminated 561 potential breeding sites.

Rawalpindi

As many as 27 denguepatientsreported to the three government hospitals on Friday taking the tally to 414.

After observing the sudden increase in the cases, the district administration has set up an internal monitoring system.

The city and cantonment areas have been divided into three sectors and additional deputy commissioners, assistant commissioners, entomologists and officials of other departments have been deployed to monitor the situation and take steps to check the spread of the disease.Teams have been formed for indoor and outdoor surveillance quality.

According to the data of the District Health Authority, the number of dengue cases has been increasing in hospitals since September 11.

A senior official of the district administration said 112 patients were admitted to the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), Benazir Bhutto Hospital and the District Headquarters Hospital, and 47 of them were confirmed cases while the reports of others were awaited.

He said Rawalpindi Medical University had made arrangements for the treatment of denguepatientsfrom the twin cities. More beds will be allocated in other hospitals in case of emergency, he added.

Published in Dawn, October 2nd, 2021