36 dengue fever suspects visited district health facilities in June.

RAWALPINDI -- Around 36 dengue fever suspects have been brought to the health facilities of the district from June 1 to 11, said District Coordinator of Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, here on Sunday.

He added that Holy Family Hospital had registered seven suspects, Benazir Bhutto Hospital six, District Headquarters Hospital three, while five of each suspect's cases were registered with Tehsil Headquarter Hospital(THQ), Kotli Sattian and Gujar Khan.

Similarly, four suspects were listed with THQ, Taxila and three with THQ, Murree and Wah General Hospital.

Since this year, eight cases were tested positive for dengue, of which four were at Quaid e Azam International Hospital and one at Holy Family , Social Security Hospital, Shifa International Hospital and Bio Diagnostic Center, Bagh Sardaran.

He said indoor and outdoor surveillance to check dengue spread was underway while many larvae were found in the Rawalpindi Cantonment, Rawal town and Wah Cantt areas. The health officer further updated that the area of Kamalabad in Rawalpindi Cantt, Dhoke Hassu in the city...