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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Pakistan : Dengue fever patients exceed 6000

An article from Online News :

" ISLAMABAD, KARACHI: More than six thousand cases of dengue virus have been registered through out the country.

Fresh cases of the virus have been reported from interior Sindh. The intensity of the spread of dengue virus in the northern areas seems to be slowed down because of the onset of winters.

As per details in the past 24 hours at least 14 new cases of the dengue virus have been reported in the district of Hyderabad, the patients have been shifted to Hilal-e-Ahmer and Civil hospitals making a total of 218 cases.

Nawab Shah has also reported two new cases in the last 24 hours and total number is 15 so far. Many patients after being treated have been sent home. Ghotki has also reported one case of dengue virus.

In Nishtar hospital Multan according to Dr Zafar Alvi the total number of the dengue virus cases have increased to 35 out of which 21 have been treated and sent home.

In Mansehra 44 cases have been reported while according to MS King Abdullah teaching hospital 44 have been treated and in the last three days no new cases have been reported."

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