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2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar

In the 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, hundreds of incidents of dengue fever were reported in Peshawar in mid-2017. Initially, according to the health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,320 suspected cases were received by Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and 831 were positive. About a dozen people died of dengue, starting in July. Punjab healthcare experts worked with local experts to control the dengue epidemic in Peshawar, with health workers going door-to-door to educate residents, as well as fumigation of the city to suppress mosquito populations.

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• ▸Dinosaur renaissance

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