KARACHI – Another patient of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus has died on Monday in Karachi raising concerns for the deadly virus.
Haider Ali, 25 was diagnosed with Congo virus after which he was admitted to Jinnah Hospital where he succumbed to sickness.
Congo fever is a tick-borne viral disease which is mainly transferred to humans from pets. Its symptoms include fever, flu, bloody urine, vomiting and nose bleeding.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/congo-fever-claims-two-lives-in-multan/
The congo virus, if it remains unnoticed, could prove to be fatal. In Pakistan, overall 11 cases of this virus have been reported in 2017, of which four patients recovered. Five people were discharged with no diagnosis of the illness.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/opinion/blog/what-exactly-is-the-congo-virus-and-how-can-it-affect-you/
The virus is known as the Nairovirus because of its spread from ticks or through contact with the blood or other fluids from infected animals and humans.
In Pakistan, this virus was first reported from the regions of Baluchistan and KPK in 1976; at that time it was not a much prevalent disease but up to 2000, its victims increased.
