RAWALPINDI, Sept 19 (DNA): More 105 patients have been diagnosed with
dengue virus in Rawalpindi Thursday.

According to details, the dengue outbreak has continued to spread across
the country as more cases have been surfaced in Multan and Faisalabad
while 1800 cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

Dengue fever is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and is a global public
health concern.

There is no vaccine available in Pakistan for the virus, which kills an
estimated 20,000 people each year and infects up to 100 million across
the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).