In Pakistan, dengue disease is alarming day by day and dengue (DEN_gee) fever is a tropical disease caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes the virus can cause fever, headache, rashes, and pain throughout the body. Most cases of dengue fever are mild and go away on their own after about a week. Apart from this, between 1st January and 27th September 2022 a total of 25,932 confirmed dengue cases and 63 deaths (CFR 0.25%) were reported in Pakistan with 74% of these cases reported in the month of September alone.

 Furthermore, the current surge in cases follows unprecedented flooding that began in mid-June 2022, and each year an estimated 400 million people are infected with the dengue virus, 100 million become ill with dengue, and 21,00 deaths are attributed to dengue. 

Finally, I request the government of Pakistan to take serious action on it as soon as possible.

 

By: Mahira Murad

Turbat, Kech