Health department rejects news of an epidemic, says all is well
The district health officer says no new case has been reported for the last couple of weeks
Experts urge public not to panic as deaths, infections mount
A case of the virus was found in a resident of Pind Maneem in Khanpur
Single kit costs around Rs400 and requires only a drop of blood to test the patient for the disease
The bigger issue isn’t Chikungunya. It is vision and a will to rise to the challenge.
Chikungunya disease is caused by the bite of a specific mosquito
Also advise federal health ministry to include chickenpox vaccine in its national Expanded Programme on Immunisation
The doctors said they were waiting for reports of 45-year-old Safeer Khan
Patients are relatives who believe they may have been infected at a hospital in Karachi