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Pakistan: Sindh Health Department's lethargy fuels worsening dengue outbre
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Dawn, families of victims claim that from October 1 to November 2, at least 30 people, 26 in Hyderabad and four in Karachi, have died due to dengue, while the provincial health department has officially confirmed only six fatalities. The death of a student in Hyderabad even led
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Sindh government's criminal negligence turns dengue outbreak into a nation
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, addressing a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club, activist Imran Suharwardy, accompanied by Alhaj Gulshan Ilahi Qadri, Advocate Tahir Rajput, Advocate Zafar Arain, Nazish Fatima, Abdul Ghani Shah, Salman Zaidi, and Mukhtar Ahmed, revealed that 16 ci
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Pakistan: Sindh faces surge in dengue cases as government intensifies anti
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a report published in Dawn, the Sindh Health Department stated that 276 new dengue cases were recorded this month, bringing the total number of cases to 920 so far this year. The report noted that Karachi Division remains the worst affected, with 124 confirmed cases, followed by
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Pakistan: Sindh health dept reports 819 dengue cases, hospitals record ove
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Sindh faces a major dengue outbreak, with hospital data showing over 12,000 cases in six weeks, far exceeding official figures of 819, Dawn reported. Experts blame poor drainage and weak fumigation, while the health minister said anti-dengue campaigns have been intensified across the provinc
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Pakistan: Karachi faces alarming rise in respiratory diseases
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Karachi is witnessing a disturbing increase in respiratory diseases, as reported by the Sindh Health Department on Monday. According to ARY News, the Sindh Health Department has reported a troubling total of 248 cases of respiratory illnesses in Karachi as of February 13 this year.
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Pakistan: 'Brain-eating amoeba' claims another life in Karachi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Khalid Niaz urged the public to refrain from swimming in pools that have not been properly chlorinated. He further advised the public to avoid activities that may cause water to enter the nose.
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Pakistan: Six children die by malaria in a week as cases rise in Sindh
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The death toll of children dying from malaria has risen to six in a week as the disease continues to wreak havoc across Sindh, ARY News reported on Saturday.
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Pakistan: Dengue cases continue to surge across Sindh
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
At least 11 dengue fever cases have been registered in Karachi in the past 24 hours, ARY News reported, citing Sindh health department data.
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Pakistan: Three passengers diagnosed with monkeypox at Karachi airport
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Sindh health department surveillance team carried out an action at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport during which three passengers who arrived in Karachi from Libya were diagnosed with monkeypox.
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Pakistan: Karachi reports death of 2023's first Congo virus fatality
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A health department official said: "Initially, the patient developed a headache and fever on April 30, which intensified two days later. He was taken to a private hospital where he remained under treatment for a day."
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Pakistan: Over 90,000 people treated for water-borne diseases in Sindh in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): As the flood deaths continue to rise in Pakistan, a report by the Sindh health department reveals that over 90,000 people were treated for water-borne diseases in a single day in the province, media reports said.
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Karachi witnesses harrowing spike in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, experienced an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases, with the virus positivity ratio reaching over 15% on Saturday, said the authorities from the Sindh health department.
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