Dengue surge rages in Pakistan

By Xinhua News Agency

Sep 19, 2022 12:11 am

ISLAMABAD: A surge in dengue fever cases continues in parts of Pakistan amid the ongoing outbreak that occurred due to floods in the country, the health authorities said on Saturday.

A total of 350 new cases of dengue fever were reported across the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP) in the last 24 hours, said the provincial health department on Saturday evening.

POST-FLOOD WOES A patient affected with dengue fever is treated inside mosquito nets at a hospital in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. XINHUA PHOTO

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