Official Confirms Three More Dengue Induced Deaths In Karachi
Faizan Hashmi Published November 20, 2017 | 04:30 PM
Three citizens of Karachi, inflicted with Dengue Fever, lost their lives with hemorrhagic related complications of the ailment at local hospitals, late Sunday evening
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Nov, 2017 ) :Three citizens of Karachi, inflicted with Dengue Fever, lost their lives with hemorrhagic related complications of the ailment at local hospitals, late Sunday evening.
Dr. Abdul Rashid, Program Manager, Prevention and Control Program for Dengue told APP Monday that the number of dengue induced mortality rate has thus grown to 11 for the prevalent year. He confirmed that an unusual surge was also being registered in the incidence rate of the ailment this November with 490 cases reported to the Dengue Prevention and Control Cell till 20th day of the current month, with 489 from Karachi only.
The total number of registered dengue fever cases for 2016, he said was 2418 as compared to 2436 in the current year. As for Chikungunya, Dr.
Abdul Rashid said 103 cases were reported during current November from Karachi only and none from other parts of the province.
For the entire prevalent year, he said 4011 cases were recorded in Karachi and 730 in other districts. In reply to a question, he said 405 Chikungunya cases were reported during entire 2016, with no related expiry in any of the two years.
Chikungunya is basically a debilitating disease and not fatal, said the Program Manager attributing unusual increase in the number of cases to better reporting mechanism. Senior doctors of the city, however, maintained that deteriorating hygienic situation in the metropolis was triggering the incidence rate and that unassuming citizens were turning vulnerable to the relevant ailments at steady pace.
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