Stages Of An Outbreak: Swat reports 126 cases of dengue
Total number of dengue cases reached 126 on Wednesday after three new patients tested positive for the virus in Swat.
MINGORA:
The total number of dengue cases reached 126 on Wednesday after three new patients tested positive for the virus in Swat. According to Roshan Ali, the focal person of the dengue unit at Saidu Teaching Hospital, the three patients diagnosed with the fever are Nazia, 27, Shams, 24 and Nasrat Bibi, 24. “All of them are from Faizabad,” he said. “Presently, ten patients, six men and four women, are hospitalised at the dengue unit,” added Ali. “One hundred and sixteen patients were discharged after they recovered.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 4th, 2014.
The total number of dengue cases reached 126 on Wednesday after three new patients tested positive for the virus in Swat. According to Roshan Ali, the focal person of the dengue unit at Saidu Teaching Hospital, the three patients diagnosed with the fever are Nazia, 27, Shams, 24 and Nasrat Bibi, 24. “All of them are from Faizabad,” he said. “Presently, ten patients, six men and four women, are hospitalised at the dengue unit,” added Ali. “One hundred and sixteen patients were discharged after they recovered.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 4th, 2014.