Over 3,300 FIRS have been registered in Rawalpindi and Murree for violations of Dengue prevention guidelines as authorities take legal precautions to control the spread, it appeared on Thursday.
In Rawalpindi, nearly 129,000 teams inspected over 4.4 million houses and found larvae in 91,909 of them, in Murree, 167 teams examined 427,955 houses and discovered larvae in 2,178.
Generally, 1.17 m places were inspected, of which 106,062 tested positive for dengue larvae.
As a result, 1,458 premises were also sealed, and 3,085 challenges were issued, resulting in fines of over Rs 7.5 mi Rawalpindi.
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In Murree, 983 premises were sealed and fines of RS844,000 were imposed.
Officials said the crashes on SOP criminations combined with large-scale surveillance would continue in the coming weeks as part of the efforts to contain the outbreak.
Rising cases
A total of 176 confirmed Dengue cases are reported in Rawalpindi and Murree this season, with 23 new infections emerging in the last 24 hours.
Dengue, transmitted by a mosquito that breeds in stagnant water, remains a growing concern, especially with monsoon rain and floods across the country.
Despite the increasing number of patients, no dengue-related deaths have been recorded in both districts.
According to the District Health officials, Rawalpindi has reported 99 confirmed cases to date, while Murree has registered 77.
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Currently, 94 patients receive treatment in hospitals. The Punjab -Health Authorities have also established dozens of emergency medicine camps in affected districts.
“Floodwaters destroy sanitation systems, mix wastewater with drinking water and give breeding grounds to mosquitoes. Unless immediate preventative steps are taken, Punjab may witness an exponential increase in dengue, malaria and waterborne diseases in the coming weeks,” warned an epidemiologist while talking to Express Pakinomist.
More than 15,400 patients with dengue fever, malaria, diarrhea, skin infections and other seasonal diseases have been registered in the province of the last month, according to the official health record.
