Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 3,771 dengue infections along with two deaths, and Kohat stands out as the hardest-hit district by registering 2,319 of those patients.
Because the public health situation is deteriorating, KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi led a high-level meeting and ordered local administrators to launch urgent emergency actions to halt the spread in Kohat.
Nigar Johar, the Adviser to the Chief Minister on Health, joined the Health Secretary and other top officials at the gathering.
Administrators updated the governor regarding current infection statistics, the causes behind the transmission, the strategy against dengue, and containment work throughout the province.
Governor Kundi voiced worry about the increasing patient numbers and instructed authorities to deliver frequent reports detailing the advancement of the anti-dengue initiatives.