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| Dengue fever hits Pakistan's Punjab province | |
| 2011-09-04 | |
Pakistan's eastern Punjab province is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals across the province, said officials and hospital sources.
The total dengue fever cases in the Punjab are 1,419 since the beginning of this year, out of which 1,358 Dengue patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals, according to local media. Gravity of the dengue disease was felt at the central level and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani extended full support to the Punjab government in coping with the growing number of cases of dengue fever. The Prime Minister, who was in Lahore on Friday, directed his Principal Secretary to contact the Punjab government and assist them in taking necessary preventive measures against the Dengue fever. He also asked him to extend offer on behalf of the federal government for provision of any technical expertise to the Punjab government. Acting on reports that the virus was spreading rapidly and that measures to control it had been unsuccessful, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has presided over series of meetings and ordered the immediate suspension of the Lahore district health officer for failing to control the epidemic. A task force comprising a government minister, health officials and doctors has been set up to review the situation and suggest measures to curb the virus. On the orders of the chief minister, giant advertisements on measures that can be taken to prevent dengue have appeared in the media. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 So it should work on Pakistanis. Not the ones I've met. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-09-04 16:05 |
| #9 Researchers from Maryland and South Carolina have developed a novel four-component vaccine that protects monkeys against all four strains of dengue virus So it should work on Pakistanis. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-09-04 13:19 |
| #8 Nonsense, Eric. It is better that hundreds of thousands of people die each year from mosquito borne illnesses than we use DDT. /sarc |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-09-04 13:16 |
| #7 Time to bring back DDT. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2011-09-04 10:06 |
| #6 Dengue is a widespread disease. It occurs anywhere that the carrying mosquitoes exist, mostly within 30 degrees or so of the equator. Most people who get the infection don't even know they have it. Somewhere over 10,000 die each year from the disease worldwide. Pakistan may be more vulnerable because of the govt disorganization, medical incompetence, etc. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-09-04 09:37 |
| #5 Strange, this doesn't happen in civilized countries... Yes, that is rather odd isn't it? |
| Posted by: AzCat 2011-09-04 09:12 |
| #4 Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-09-04 07:52 It isn't there yet, sport. My statement stands, there isn't a vaccine for dengue fever. ScienceDaily (July 23, 2008) — Researchers from Maryland and South Carolina have developed a novel four-component vaccine that protects monkeys against all four strains of dengue virus and may potentially offer protection to the millions of humans at risk worldwide. International Vaccine Institute and Inviragen Announce a Collaboration to Accelerate Development of a Dengue Vaccine: The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), one of the partners of DVI, and Inviragen, Inc.... |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-09-04 09:12 |
| #3 There is no vaccine for dengue http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722091648.htm http://www.denguevaccines.org/ |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-09-04 07:52 |
| #2 Death is lighter than a feather. Being saved by Juice/Crusader vaccines is heavier than a mountain. There is no vaccine for dengue. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-09-04 03:59 |
| #1 Death is lighter than a feather. Being saved by Juice/Crusader vaccines is heavier than a mountain. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-09-04 02:34 |