KARACHI: The local administration has launched an Islamabad-like anti-dengue campaign as the cases of dengue virus were spreading rapidly across Karachi, ARY News reported...
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) senior leader and Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for the dengue virus on Monday, ARY News reported.
The latest statistics were released by Dengue Surveillance Cell after the emergence of 107 new cases of the virus in Karachi, 8 in other districts of the province.
The dengue pandemic has raised serious concerns across the country with thousands affected, 690 reportedly diagnosed with the virus in the last 24 hours.
Members of the Sindh Assembly have grown fearful of the recent Dengue virus outbreak in Pakistan, which has claimed more than 2000 people in Karachi alone.
The dengue pandemic has claimed 48 more victims in the metropolis within a span of 24 hours, bumping the overall tally of those diagnosed with the harmful virus to 575.
Anti-Dengue Drive in the city during a routine survey found 73 houses in the vicinity of Cantt Zone infested with larvae of the disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed all concerned departments to take effective measures to control the spread of dengue virus in Lahore, Rawalpindi and other cities of the province.