In Pakistan, in the summer of 2019, more than 47 people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected by
Dengue fever
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characterist ...
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In October, Prime Minister
Imran Khan took notice of the dengue outbreak in the country and sought report from the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza.
On 10 October 2019, a
Peshawar High Court bench sent summons to the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial health secretary to explain the situation related to dengue outbreak in parts of the province.
As of November 2019, record 44,000 cases were reported in the country with 67 deaths.
In December the death toll risen to 91 with total number of cases on 52,485.
See also
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2011 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
Dengue fever is an important infectious disease in Pakistan with increasingly frequent epidemics. Despite the efforts of the Government of Pakistan, especially in Punjab, the high cost of prevention has limited the ability of Pakistan to control ...
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2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar In the 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, hundreds of incidents of dengue fever were reported in Peshawar in mid-2017. Initially, according to the health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,320 suspected cases were received by Khyber Teachi ...
References
Disease outbreaks in Pakistan
Dengue outbreak in Pakistan, 2019
2019 disease outbreaks
Pakistan
Imran Khan administration
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