Pakistan has registered three deaths as a result of Congo virus on Thursday with two deaths reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and one in Karachi, Express News reported.
The latest victim in Sindh was a 25-year-old fisherman from Ibrahim Hyderi, while the KP road tax includes patients from Karak and North Waziristan.
According to health officials, Muhammad Zubair, resident of the Malir district, first showed symptoms, including high fever, muscle pain, abdominal discomfort, cough, diarrhea, bleeding and loss of consciousness on June 16.
He was admitted to Jinnah Hospital, where doctors suspected Congo virus infection. Due to the lack of specialized treatment facilities, he was transferred to Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital, where he died at 1 p.m. 7 on June 19th.
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Sindh Health Department has immediately sent an active search and response team to the affected area. Contact tracking efforts have been carried out with all persons who had close contact with the deceased identified and monitored.
So far, no other cases have been reported. Local residents and the victim’s family have been asked to follow strict precautions to prevent further spread.
This death follows the province’s first reported mortality from the virus earlier this year when a 42-year-old man from the Malir district was admitted to Indus Hospital in Korangi on June 16 and died the next day.
In KP, two Congo virus patients died from Karak and North Waziristan districts on Hayatabad Medical Complex. These deaths have raised the provincial death toll to three.
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Meanwhile, three additional patients infected with the virus are currently receiving treatment in isolation departments in the hospital. Health adviser Ehtesham Ali said that contact tracking and sanitization operations have begun in the home of the deceased and the infected.
He added that Congo virus advice had been circulated to all hospitals throughout Pakistan before Eidul Azha as the increased movement and slaughter of sacrificial animals increases the risk of transmission.
Congo virus is a severe viral disease that is primarily transmitted through tickbid or contact with blood and tissue in infected animals, especially during and immediately after slaughter.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a 10-40 percent death without a vaccine currently available. In April, the National Institute of Health (NIH) issued an advisory call for preventive measures in front of Eidul Azha as the movement of sacrificial animals increases.
