The onslaught of Dengue virus continued unabated here in the provincial metropolis, claiming four more lives while two patients succumbed to the disease in Gujrat during the past 24 hours.
According to the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department report on Sunday, four patients lost battle to dengue virus here in the provincial capital Lahore, adding that as many as 414 new cases of dengue virus were reported in the City during the past 24 hours.
The officials informed that as many as 1,524 dengue patients are undergoing treatment in different hospital of the City.
They pointed out that a total of 13,274 cases have been reported in the provincial metropolis so far in the current year.
On the other hand, the health department has intensified monitoring and efforts for elimination of dengue larvae.
The officials of inspection teams inspected 60,199 indoor and 8,944 outdoor locations across Lahore and destroyed dengue larva in 824 points.
In Gujrat, two dengue patients were expired during last 24 hours. The number of dengue patients is rising in the city but the administration is not taking any proper anti-dengue measures. The number of dengue patients has exceeded 100 in the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital.
In the urban area of Islamabad, 31 people and in the rural area 11 people fell prey to the dengue virus during the last 24 hours. The total number of dengue patients has reached 4,102 in the federal capital.
Meanwhile, the Punjab health department has warned citizens regarding rising smog levels in Lahore, asking citizens to use masks and sunglasses to avoid its effects.
The health department officials said that the smog level has gone up beyond the safe level in the provincial capital and directed the hospitals to immediately establish smog counters in the hospitals.
“The rising levels could lead to breathing issues, swelling in eyes and throat,” the health experts said while asking citizens to not leave their houses in Lahore without a mask and sunglasses to avoid its worst effects.
Recently, with an aim to control smog, the authorities in Punjab have imposed section 144 across the province.
As the winter is around the corner, the authorities in Punjab have decided to take strict actions to control smog across the province.
According to a notification issued by the Punjab home department, section-144 has been imposed for one month across the province while setting the waste products on fire has also been banned to deal with the increasing threat of smog.
The provincial government has directed the concerned administrative secretaries, commissioners and deputy commissioners (DCs) to make certain arrangements accordingly.
The brick-kilns with old designs have been directed to remain close in order to save the environment from the smog.
