More isolation wards set up in KP after increase in dengue cases.

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has increased number of isolation wards for dengue patients after spike in dengue positive cases in Mardan and Khyber district.

The spokesperson for the Health Department said that isolation wards with 150 beds have been established in various health facilities of Mardan district.

He said that two tehsils of Mardan district, Takht-i-bahi and Babuzai have reported highest number of dengue cases and all necessary arrangements including fumigation at marshy places and awareness campaign for people to adopt precautionary measures have been stared.

He said that dengue ward with 20 beds have been established in Mardan Medical Complex including in tehsil and district headquarters hospitals.

The spokesman said that isolation wards with 50 beds have been established in Khyber district. The district administration said that so far more than 650 dengue positive cases have been reported from all tehsils of the district.

The joint teams of health department and tehsil municipal administrations have started surveillance, anti-mosquito sprays and awareness campaign to protect people from dengue fever. Meanwhile, the number of Covid positive cases is dropping as only 18 cases were reported in KP during the last 24 hours.

According to updates shared by the Health Department here on Monday, the number of total active cases in the province is 511. The disease since its outbreak in March 2020 had affected 224,136 people and claimed 6,363 lives. However, no death is reported due to the disease during last 24...