LAHORE: The district administration has issued 53 warning notices over violation of anti-dengue standard operating procedures (SOPs) during the last 24 hours across the city.

Deputy Commissioner Rafia Haider paid a surprise visit to inspect the performance of dengue teams in Shalimar and Cantt areas on Friday morning.

She said since the start of 2023, dengue larva was recovered from 684 indoor and 36 outdoor places.

She said due to violation of standard operating procedures, 681 people had been issued warning notices while cases had been registered against seven.Ms Rafia Haider directed all officers and officials that 30,444 hotspotsshould be closely monitored in all towns and inspection of more than 5,000 places should be ensured on a daily basis.

She directed that the number of dengue surveillance teams should be increased keeping in mind the alerts of the meteorology department.

She directed the town officers and the authorities concerned to complete the targets on a daily basis which was assigned to them and monitoring of hotspot areas should be done more rapidly and strictly. She said no negligence would be tolerated in view of the dengue campaign and the teams should remain in the field and eliminate the larva where they found it. Staff Reporter