RAWALPINDI, Sep 22 (APP): The District Health Authority(DHA) lodged 61 FIRs and sealed three premises for violating anti-dengue Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) during the last 24 hours.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood Friday said that the health department, in collaboration with allied departments issued tickets to 15 persons and imposed a fine of Rs 42,500 on violations of the SOPs .
Presently, the health officer informed that 122 patients were admitted to different health facilities in the district of which 86 were confirmed cases while 768 were discharged after treatment.
Dr Sajjad said that with the arrival of 20 more cases during the last 24 hours, the district’s total tally had reached 854 confirmed cases.
Among the new cases, he informed that nine patients had arrived from the Potohar town urban area, six from the Chaklala Cantonment, three from Municipal Corporation, and one from the Potohar rural area.
