Pyongyang, September 26 (KCNA) -- Death toll from an epidemic of dengue fever, which has gripped Pakistan's most populous eastern province of Punjab, has now reached 62 as another man died on Thursday.

The fever, which has also been reported in other parts of the country, has infected nearly 8,000 in the last two months.

The Pakistani government is taking an emergency step to stop the spread of the fever.