LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday alleged dengue in the province had been controlled to a large area and compulsion the public to connect the fight beside the disease.
Speaking to the media at the Chief Minister house after presence a workshop on the plague, he said that it would be hard to hold the extend of the disease without public participation and practical actions.
He said the group of medical experts from Sri Lanka were serving the government conquer the disease and thanked the Sri Lankan government for its help.
Sharif said that there were no shortcuts to eliminate dengue; however its spread could be contained through short and long term measures, citing the examples of Thailand and Sri Lanka and how they overcame the disease.