Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Geo436.com blog: Dengue rapidly spreading across Pakistan

Geo436 Staff Report

KARACHI: The deadly dengue virus is spreading rapidly across the country as two dengue fever patients have been brought to a hospital in Mianwali, while two more have died in Karachi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

After Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore and Haripur, the virus has now attacked Mianwali, a city situated hundreds of miles away from Lahore, where two dengue fever patients Muhammad Zubair and Hasan Nadim have been brought to a hospital.

According to the latest dengue victim details, one more patient has died in Jinnah Hospital of Karachi. Deceased Salim was brought from Tando Allahyar for dengue treatment; he was 18 years old. After Salim, the death toll of Sindh's dengue victims has mounted to 18.

The Chief Minister of Sindh has issued Rs. 10 million to the Sindh Health Department to curb the virus.

Over the past one week, the


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