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  • Dengue campaign disregards teachers, students’ safety

    Teachers and students running dengue awareness campaign are at risk in absence of protective gear. An awareness campaign has been started in the city of Lahore on orders from the higher educationauthorities. Teachers from different schools and colleges are being assigned duties in various areas to sensitise the public about dengue virus. However, the teachers have neither been provided ample training…

  • Six more die of dengue fever in Lahore

    LAHORE: Six more patients succumbed to the virus in Lahore on Monday, while more than 7,000 cases were reported in Punjab. The death toll from the dengue virus has now reached 39 in Lahore. Unofficial reports suggest that over 12,000 people have been affected by dengue in Lahore alone. The virus has also claimed one life in Islamabad. In Multan,…