‘Dengue control efforts intensified in KP’

PESHAWAR: Director General of Health Services, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr. Muhammad Saleem, on Wednesday said that the Health Department had intensified its dengue control activities at all levels, with a comprehensive action plan entering its next phase.

“This phase sees the Health Department, in collaboration with all relevant line departments, speeding up anti-dengue operations,” he said in a statement.Dr. Saleet effective surveillance systems have been established to monitor dengue trends and identify hotspots, ensuring timely diagnosis and control measures in hospitals.

According to Dr. Saleem, through proper planning and a coordinated strategy, the department was effectively controlling the spread of dengue in the province. Updating on the latest denm emphasised that five affected districts, including Peshawar, Kohat, Nowshera, Abbottabad, and Mansehra, were being targeted with intensive efforts to limit the spread of dengue. “Special teams are conducting dengue spray operations,” he added. Alongside these efforts, he said, awareness campaigns and larvicide operations were being actively carried out to educate the public and eliminate dengue larvae.

He said thague situation, Dr. Saleem stated that there are currently only 390 active dengue cases in the province, with just 21 patients admitted to hospitals.He assured that all necessary facilities were available in hospitals, and so far, a total of 1,002 dengue cases have been reported in the province, out of which 612 patients have fully recovered.