Sindh is seeing growing numbers of malaria cases this month in every division, particularly lower Sindh, forcing the caretaker chief minister to direct the officials concerned to prepare a province-specific action plan to counter the mosquito-borne illness.

Taking notice of rising malaria cases, the caretaker chief minister has directed the health ministry and local government department to control the disease within one week and run a campaign against malaria.Official figures showed that 286,317 cases of high fever were reported at health facilities in the province this month.Of them, 64,519 patients tested positive for malaria