KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Ezra Pechuho said that following the unprecedented floods and heavy rains, an outbreak of dengue – a vector-borne viral disease – has raised alarm bells as 100-150 people die every day in the port city. Reporting disease infections.
Talking to reporters, Pechuho said that a total of 3,830 dengue cases have been reported in Sindh so far this year, of which 3,434 infections have been detected in Karachi alone.
Since the year began, nine people have died of the vector-borne viral disease, she added.
The provincial health minister said that the bed occupancy at the hospitals has reached to 80-85% amid the recent spike in dengue cases.
Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman had earlier indicated at least a 50% surge in the cases of dengue fever, especially in Karachi.
The federal minister said Karachi — where hundreds of dengue patients are being admitted to hospitals on a daily basis — is witnessing an “outbreak” of dengue.
