HARIPUR:District Haripur became a new hotspot in the Hazara division for dengue fever where another person wife of Subedar Muhammad Akram died while a large number of people were also caught by the outbreak at Chuhar colony Haripur.
According to the details, the Dengue virus intensified in district Haripur where hundreds of people including families have been affected while Chohar Colony is the worst hit area of the district by Dengue fever.
Dengue fever cases were increasing rapidly in Haripur day by day which was alarming, however, the district administration of Haripur and the related departments have not been able to take any kind of safety measures, due to which the people of the area have been terrified and in panic.
People have criticized the lack of interest and poor performance of the district administration Haripur and other concerned departments and demanded Commissioner Hazara and the provincial government to provide mosquito nets to the affected families and start fog spray.
District Haripur was one of the five districts of KPK that are worst his by Dengue fever, district administration of Haripur has kicked off a massive drive to eliminate the dengue larva and their teams have sprayed in affected areas of the city. The health department has also established an isolation ward in the district headquarters hospital Haripur to tackle the situation.