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Islamabad hospitals put on alert: Another dengue case confirmed

The health ministry on Thursday put hospitals in the capital on alert as one more positive case of dengue fever was confirmed by National Institute of Health and vowed to prevent the disease from becoming a serious threat to public health this year. The second dengue fever case is also being treated at Polyclinic Hospital. The first case was reported on Wednesday when a Frontier Constabulary jawan Jannas Khan tested positive and became the first case of this season.