Pakistan fears Dengue outbreak amid growing cases
Punjab province is continuously recording an increase in Dengue cases. Over the last 24 hours, 90 new cases have been recorded in Punjab.
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - In the last few days, an increasingly high number of Dengue cases have been recorded in the Punjab province. Just around 90 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours. With new cases coming in such large numbers, health officials suspect a Dengue outbreak in the country.
Details from the Punjab Health Authority suggest that 81 of the 90 Dengue cases in the last 24 hours are from Lahore alone. With Lahore being a provincial capital and a busy city, health officials fear that Dengue is likely to spread there. Apart from Lahore, other cities that reported cases include Rawalpindi, Vehari, Sargodha and DI Khan. While the cases, in the...