38 more dengue cases surface

As many as 38 more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 458.

District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Thursday said, discussed the newly emerged cases of dengue virus.

Among the new cases, 25 patients had arrived from Potohar town urban area, five from Rawalpindi Cantonment, two from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi and Islamabad one of each patient reported from Chaklala Cantonment, Taxila Cantonment, Potohar rural and Kahutta.

He said that the district health authority had sealed 420 premises, registered 1,414 FIRs, issued challans to 1,398, notices to 6,124, and a fine of Rs3,808,600 was imposed on violations of SOPs in various areas of the district from January 1, 2022, to date