Lakki Marwat: A significant decline in dengue cases has been reported in Lakki Marwat district as only four positive cases were reported during December, taking the number of confirmed cases to 210 this year, a health department official said on Thursday. Told to
He was addressing the Dengue Control and Prevention Committee meeting here. Additional AC Gohar Ali Khan, Mohammad Arif and Azmat Ali Khan, DHO Dr. Abdullah and officers of the concerned departments participated in the meeting presided over by Deputy Commissioner Zeeshan Abdullah.
District Health Office Medical Entomologist Jameel Khan told the meeting that a total of 210 confirmed cases have been reported in the district since the start of the season, 14 in September, 42 in October and 150 and four cases each in November and December. He said that no case was reported from January to August this year.
He said that a total of 153 dengue cases were reported from Tehsil Ghazni Khel, 38 from Tehsil Lakki, 18 from Tehsil Sarai Nurang and one case from other areas of the district.