Surveillance Underway To Control Dengue In Lahore

APP

Lahore: An anti-dengue campaign – launched by the district administration – is underway, in which surveillance is being carried out at various points in the provincial capital.

Assistant Commissioner Model Town Sahbzada Yousaf visited Union Council UC-143 Pak Arab Housing Society on Saturday, and inspected anti-dengue arrangements and informed house owners about dengue preventive measures.

Assistant Commissioner inspected houses, plots and commercial markets in the area, and assessed the monitoring of the dengue larva elimination process. He also observed the attendance and performance of the anti-dengue squad deputed on field duty in the area.

Similarly, Assistant Commissioner Cantt Nabeel Memon visited DHA Phase-I Sector-J to inspect anti-dengue arrangements at under-construction commercial buildings and directed the dengue teams deputed in the area to gear up the anti-dengue spray process.

Memon also reviewed dengue surveillance and door marking in the area, and issued warnings to property owners over the presence of larvae.

Assistant Commissioner Raiwind Zainab Tahir inspected UC-120, while other assistant commissioners also visited their jurisdictions to monitor anti-dengue arrangements.