Summary Atleast 10 people have died from dengue fever this year in Rawalpindi.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Number of patients fallen prey to the deadly dengue virus have reached 3740 in the ongoing year with 90 cases reported in the past 24 hours.
Dengue situation in the metropolis is worsening with time as neither the weather nor the administration and health department have proved efficient enough to control the epidemic.
Most of the affected persons are being admitted from the areas of Rawalpindi Cantonment, Chaklala, Rawal and Potohar Town.
Patients admitted in hospitals include a large number of children and women. Atleast 10 people have died from dengue fever this year in Rawalpindi.
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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.
