KMC worker dies of dengue in Karachi
A private hospital confirmed the death of Muhammad Ashraf from the deadly disease.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A worker of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) died of the mosquito-borne dengue haemorrhagic fever on Thursday.
A private hospital confirmed the death of Muhammad Ashraf from the deadly disease however provincial dengue cell has expressed no knowledge of the incident.
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With the latest addition, the death toll caused by dengue fever in Karachi so far this year has reached three.
On the other hand atleast 60 cases have been reported in Rawalpindi.
Atleast 40 people were killed and overall 1400 were infected by the deadly disease last year.
Dengue fever is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and is a global public health concern. There is no vaccine available in Pakistan for the virus, which kills an estimated 20,000 people each year and infects up to 100 million across the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
There is no treatment for dengue, which causes symptoms including fever, severe joint pain, headaches and bleeding.
About half the world’s population is at risk from the mosquito-borne disease, which sickens about 100 million people every year, mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
People have been advised to use mosquito nets and insect repellents and to avoid storing water in open pots where the larvae can breed.
