LAHORE - A visible decline is seen in dengue fever cases in Lahore during November 2021. which is a result of consistent preventive and curative activities by health department. Until the early November, daily count of positive cases was approximately 350 plus in Lahore and around 500 overall in Punjab but during last couple of weeks, a consistent decline is being observed with daily average of 147 cases in Lahore and 213 overall in Punjab. This data shows significant decline in positivity ratio of dengue patients. While talking about intiatives taken by health department to control massive outbreak of dengue fever, Secretary P&SHD Imran Sikanadar Baloch said that, ‘’dengue surveillance staff is working day and night throughout Punjab to check hotspot areas, during November, the total containers found to have larva is 999 Lahore while, 1332 from overall Punjab. Yesterday, the figure correspond to 271 in Punjab and 231 for Lahore, indicating a decline in vector activity.” The overall bed occupancy in Punjab was 47 percent during November while, Today bed occupancy has reached 27 percent. A total of 5016 beds has been allocated for dengue patients in all government hospitals of Punjab. Secretary health affirmed that overall dengue fever incident has significantly reduced and showing a persistent descending trend.
We are heading towards the end of this potential epidemic. Public is also requested to keep following precautionary measures and support health departments intiatives.