PESHAWAR, Aug 24 (TNS): The recent outbreak of dengue continued to wreak havoc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial capital as 69 new cases surfaced, it emerged on Thursday. The death toll from the disease has risen to seven so far.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan chaired a high-level session regarding the situation in Peshawar today as well.
The KP government, in the wake of the mosquito-borne disease’s outbreak, decided to run a fumigation campaign on a large scale.
Imran, whose party has a government in the province, made a special appeal to the public to take extra care of cleanliness in their homes.
According to the Punjab government’s spokesman, the medical teams working in Peshawar have treated 2,062 patients and screened 595 individuals till Tuesday. Out of 595, the presence of dengue was confirmed in 175 people.
