Dengue death toll jumps to 20 in Karachi.

KARACHI -- Another patient died of dengue fever in Karachi on Tuesday, taking the death toll from the mosquito borne disease in the metropolis to 20 this year. According to Sindh Dengue Control Program (SDCP), as many as 200 people have been hospitalized due to dengue fever in the province, during last 24 hours, in which '184 patients belong to Karachi.' SDCP in its latest report has further said that 6,932 dengue cases have been reported in Sindh, so far, out of which 6,504 patients belong to the port-city, Karachi. Earlier in the day,

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health, Dr Zafar Mirza had said the government was determined to eradicate dengue from the country on an emergency basis. Chairing the dengue daily review meeting in Islamabad, he had said cases have significantly been reduced due to joint...

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