Punjab amends strategy to counter dengue

LAHORE:

The Punjab health ministry has amended its strategy for dengue control, initiating some drastic measures in this regard with 15-day targets.

Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid presided over a meeting of the Dengue Technical Working Group on Monday to review measures to control the current wave of dengue cases.

The minister reviewed dengue situation in the province.

“We are making amends in existing strategy of dengue control,” she said, adding that the current month is extremely important in curbing the spread. All union councils have been directed to scale up dengue prevention measures. She said that a few drastic measures with 15-day targets had been initiated.

The minister said that DHA, Wapda Town, Allama Iqbal Town and Valencia Society are localities currently reporting more cases.

Fog is forming during morning and evening hours around homes from where dengue larva is found. The morale of doctors is high for treatment of dengue cases, she said.

The minister urged the people to show vigilance over dengue, asserting that the government alone cannot control it.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2021.