RAWALPINDI   -  Chief Executive Officer District Health Authority Dr Faiza Naeem has said that an effective micro plan had been devised to control the spread of dengue keeping in view the previous year’s statistics.  The CEO told APP, that surveillance was being carried out in those areas from where dengue patients were reported last year in the district. She informed that only two dengue positive cases have so far been reported in the district during the year while the health department was on alert to eliminate dengue besides tackling the prevailing 4th deadly wave of COVID-19. 

Dr Faiza added that Standard Operating Procedures to wipe out the dengue virus were being implemented in letter and spirit. “Concrete efforts were in place to screen every nook and corner of the district so that dengue does not become an epidemic this year,” she said.