27 New Dengue Cases Surfaced In Pindi

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Rawalpindi: As many as 27 new dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 1,992 in the district.

Among the new cases, ten of each have arrived from the Potohar town urban and Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi area, five from Chaklala Cantonment, and one from the Gujjar Khan area, informed District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Tuesday.

Presently, 101 patients are admitted to district hospitals, of which 72 are confirmed cases, while 1,919 positive patients are discharged after treatment.

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Dr Sajjad stated that district health facilities has allocated 228 beds for dealing with the dengue patients, while three admitted patients are in critical condition.

During indoor surveillance in the previous 24 hours, the teams checked 16,759 houses and found larvae in 547 homes. Similarly, while checking 6,352 places, the teams found larvae at 93 sites during outdoor surveillance.

The district administration has registered 37 FIRs, issued tickets to 11, sealed one premise, and imposed a fine of Rs 200,500 against the violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours, further said Mehmood.

Meanwhile, the District Health Authority (DHA) on Thursday reported 24 new dengue cases in Rawalpindi during the past 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed cases this year to 889.

According to the DHA, a total of 13,190 suspected dengue patients have been screened in hospitals so far, with 58 confirmed patients currently under treatment. No deaths have been reported in the district this year.

The authority said that 1,361 dedicated vector surveillance teams inspected over 5.6 million premises across the district, identifying 177,529 dengue-positive sites. Around 201,330 larvae were destroyed at 23,801 hotspots.

To curb violations of anti-dengue regulations, the administration has registered 4,477 FIRs, sealed 1,854 premises, issued 3,504 challans, and imposed fines amounting to Rs10.9 million.

The areas with fresh cases include Chaman Zaar Colony, Dhoke Munshi, Gangal, Dhamial, Dhoke Hassu North, Khayaban-e-Sir Syed North, Dhoke Kala Khan, Shakrial South, Pindora, Wah Cantt, and adjoining localities.

Punjab to launch anti-polio campaign from October 13

The Punjab government will launch a province-wide anti-polio campaign from October 13, aiming to vaccinate more than 22.5 million children under the age of five.

The campaign will continue for seven days in Lahore and five days in all other districts.

A meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Polio Eradication, chaired by Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir and Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman, reviewed preparations for the drive. Senior officials, including the Chief Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Uzma Kardar and representatives of partner organizations, attended the meeting.