Meanwhile, the Health Department Punjab has disclosed that the number of people affected by Dengue virus has risen to about five thousand, a private news channel reported.
The virus has so far claimed nine lives. The Mujahid Force SP Captain Romail Asghar has also contracted Dengue fever.
According to report, about twenty two people have died. In Badin too, the virus has claimed the life of a female child.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011