dengue

Seminar organised to educate district administration officials in charge of anti-mosquito spray campaign in city.

32 health inspectors hired to implement dengue control regulations in the city.

Punjab has seen 196 deaths in total due to dengue.

CM launches Facebook page to mobilise people.

The count of dengue patients in Punjab has crossed 14,600, with 12,600 from Lahore.

Malik retaliates to criticism by PML-N members.

More cell separator machines to be purchased.

Import, manufacture of pesticides for domestic use still unregulated.

Dehydration is the main cause of complications and not necessarily low platelets.

Shahbaz Sharif says effective strategy will be chalked out to eradicate the virus.

Zahid Dar in hospital, Zahid Hasan tests positive for disease.

CM seeks daily reports on hospital equipment.

Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif should focus on real issues, like dengue, says PPP man.

Last year 75% of the cases were reported in October.

The outbreak of dengue claimed six more lives in Lahore, raising the death toll to 160 in Punjab.

20-member team of Indonesian experts visited High Dependency Units set up at the teaching hospitals.

Chief minister seeks alternate power supply for teaching hospitals.

Fifteen others test positive in Karachi, while Hyderabad and Shikarpur report two and three cases.

228 more people have been diagnosed with the disease in Punjab in the last 24 hours.

Health Department issued appointment letters to 100 new nurses for Services Hospital.

Entomologists say mosque ponds must be sprayed.

Number of patients rises to 467 in Punjab, with 139 from Lahore alone.

It is best to guard against mosquito bites completely.

Do you hear that distant buzzing noise? Listen carefully…it’s getting louder and louder.

Abandoning the Malaria Control Programme worsened situation: local officials.

Nine more die in Lahore, Indonesian experts arrive.

Seminar highlights protective measures to combat epidemic.

"Repellents contain chemicals known to cause several skin diseases," Dr Nasreen Muzaffar.

Naulakha godowns of used tyres fumigated, environment secretary tells CM.

‘Other critical patients suffer, as “space, facilities and doctors” remain occupied by dengue patients.

The UN has joined Pakistan’s efforts to control the dengue fever epidemic that has affected more than 12,000 people

CM Punjab asks elected representatives to only focus on dengue till its eradication.

MPA Chaudhary Mumtaz Ahmed Jajja breathed his last at the Jinnah Hospital.

Mr Sharif’s response to the calamity is praiseworthy, given his disadvantages.

Authorities in Lahore blame crisis on prolonged monsoon rains and unusually high seasonal temperatures.

Three more people fall prey to the dengue virus in Lahore.

Inspectors say old tyres are top breeding sites for mosquitoes.

Experts demand that hospitals be exempted from load shedding.

“Her death has truly upheld the honour of the white dress the nurses wear,” LGH nursing school Principal Ishrat.

Teams of experts to identify sites providing breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Number of dengue cases crosses 11,000 in Punjab.

Hospitals with dengue patients should do something about fumigation.

Mother says her son was the breadwinner and no official has come to condole.

It is a testing time to be a Pakistani. This is Pakistan’s time; there should be no looking back now.

The number of people in Punjab who have contracted the virus are reported to be at least 10,585.

Dengue is derived from "dinga" in Swahili. In Punjabi, ‘dinga’ means twisted.

Total number of cases in the capital city rises to around 250.

Sri Lankan experts had helped the government to formulate a standard protocol for the treatment of dengue patients.

Scientists say insecticide spray boosting mosquito’s immune system.

A significant part of the blame for the ongoing dengue epidemic must lie not with the govt but rather with the public.