Summary Dengue larva has also been found at more than 2300 places.
MULTAN (Dunya News) – Dengue affected patients in Multan soared to 373 today (Monday) with the larva being found at more than 2300 places.
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.
Despite of forming teams the disease is increasing instead of being declining as a result of which the number of patients have climb to 373 from 367 and is continuously rising.
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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.
