The total dengue fever cases in Punjab are 1,419 since the beginning of this year, out of which 1,358 Dengue patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals, according to local media.
Dengue, an acute febrile disease spread by the bite of the aedes aegypti has been endemic in the country for the last few years. It spreads most often after the rainy season in July and August when pools of standing water serve as ideal mosquito breeding spots.
Gravity of the dengue disease was felt at the central level and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani extended full support to the Punjab government in coping with the growing number of cases of dengue fever.
The Prime Minister, who was in Lahore on Friday, directed his Principal Secretary to contact the Punjab government and assist them in taking necessary preventive measures against the Dengue fever. He also asked him to extend offer on behalf of the federal government for provision of any technical expertise to the Punjab government.
Acting on reports that the virus was spreading rapidly and that measures to control it had been unsuccessful, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has presided over series of meetings and ordered the immediate suspension of the Lahore district health officer for failing to control the epidemic.
A task force comprising a government minister, health officials and doctors has been set up to review the situation and suggest measures to curb the virus.
On the orders of the chief minister, giant advertisements on measures that can be taken to prevent dengue have appeared in the media.
People have been advised not to allow water to stand in containers, to use mosquito repellents, spray homes and be particularly vigilant at dawn and twilight when the dengue- carrying mosquitoes bite.
This increase in public vigilance and awareness may yet halt the spread of a disease that over the past few weeks has struck across the province, said specialists.
Meanwhile, the Health Department spokesman also stressed awareness among the people for prevention, control and treatment of dengue virus. According to him, the symptoms of dengue fever include high fever, severe body pain, itching and red spots, bleeding from nose and teeth and severe pain in the eyes. He said precautions include proper covering of the pots having water, like buckets and drums, and using coils, mats and sprays for eliminating mosquitoes.
He further said dengue mosquitoes usually attack early in the morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.in the evening. The patients should act upon the advice of qualified physicians only, he maintained.

Yasmine Lafitte”s real name is Hafida El Khabchi, but performed under the mononym ”Yasmine”. She acquired the French nationality by marrying Alexandre Legland (Olivier Lafitte). Together they established in 2005 a production company called Alko productions.

Yasmine Lafitte was born on the 1st of October 1973 in Tahar Souk, in the Rif Mountains of Morocco. She was still a baby when she moved with her parents to France. At the age of 18, the rebellious Hafida left home to become more independent; after a series of small jobs in Hotels and restaurants, she worked as a caregiver (nurse), before ending up as an X actress.

Alongside her acting career, Yasmine was also featured as the sexy coach of men”s magazine FHM, with a monthly column with photos. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, she was also the brand image and promoter of REFLEX Condoms (Polida).

In 2009 and after long successful years in the industry, Yasmine Lafitte officially announces the end of her career as a ”trash” actress. To note that she had won many awards such as Best Actress consecutively in 2007 and 2008, and make it big on the European market.

Yasmine then attempted a cross-over into ”regular” movies and played next to Melvil Poupaud, in Un ” homme perdu” by Danielle Arbid. The film was presented at La Quinzaine des réalisateurs at Cannes Festival in 2007. In 2008, she is also in MR-73, a movie by Olivier Marchal.

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