RAWALPINDI:District Health Authority(DHA) had lodged 45 FIRs and sealed two premises on violations of anti-dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood Tuesday said that the health department, in collaboration with allied departments, had issued tickets to 12 and imposed a fine of Rs 101,000 on violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.
Presently, the health officer informed that 116 patients were admitted to different health facilities in the district of which 92 were confirmed cases while 954 were discharged after treatment. Dr Sajjad added that with the arrival of 35 more cases during the last 24 hours, the district’s total tally had reached 1,046 confirmed cases.
Among the new cases, he informed that 27 patients had arrived from the Potohar town urban area, three of each from the Chaklala Cantonment and Municipal Corporation, and two from the Rawalpindi Cantonment area.
During indoor surveillance, in the last 24 hours, the teams checked 16,966 houses and larvae were found in 1,062 homes. Similarly, he added that while checking 5,992 places, the teams found larvae at 136 sites during outdoor surveillance.