Two confirmed dengue cases reported

LAHORE:

Two new confirmed dengue cases as well as 827 suspected cases were reported in the province during the last 24 hours. As per details, one dengue case was reported from Lahore while the second one was found in Gujranwala. Punjab Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) officials said on Saturday that surveillance of dengue and tests of dengue patients were being conducted. As many as 54 cases of dengue had been confirmed since January this year in the province. However, 46 patients were discharged after recovery while currently eight patients of the mosquito-borne viral infection were under treatment. No death was reportedly caused by dengue this year due to effective measures taken by the government. Punjab government was continuously working against dengue across the province and the anti-dengue staff recovered dengue larvae from 10,064 places during the last seven days. The P&SHD officials urged the people to adopt precautionary measures and keep their environment clean and dry to protect themselves from dengue.