Two Congo virus-related deaths cause alarm in Pakistan

Aljazeera
May 08, 2023

Two Congo virus-related deaths cause alarm in Pakistan


Pakistan health authorities are alarmed after two people died of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus in the country’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces.

The first death from the disease, commonly known as Congo fever, was reported on Friday in Karachi, the country’s largest city and capital of the southern Sindh province.