Following the recent rains in Sindh, notably in Karachi, waterborne and mosquito-borne disease outbreaks have occurred, and medications for common illnesses, including fever, have vanished from the market.
Details reveal that Karachi is experiencing a medication scarcity for fever and diarrhoea after the city reported up to 192 more dengue cases.
The store owners said that a single pack of Panadol pills cost above Rs1,000 on the wholesale market. At the meanwhile, the single pack cost Rs. 1,200 in medical shops.
Brufen syrup and pill have also vanished from pharmacies all around Karachi amid an increase in dengue, malaria, and viral fever cases.
It is important to note that dengue virus cases continue to rise sharply throughout Sindh, especially Karachi, where the provincial capital recorded as many as 192 more cases of the virus that is spread by vectors.
According to the provincial health ministry, district Korangi continued to be the most affected, with 63 cases reported in a single day. This was followed by district East with 45 cases, district South with 35 cases, district Central with 26 cases, Malir with 14 cases, and district West with 6 and 3 cases, respectively.
The Sindh administration has said that it has taken action to combat dengue disease in the province, despite the fact that the majority of the state is under water due to flooding and that metropolitan areas have seen record rainfall during the monsoon season.
