Pakistan 2018 Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever

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Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/292015/con...n-landi-kotal/

Congo virus claims another life in Landi Kotal
Ahmad Nabi
September 3, 2018

The contagious Congo virus claimed life of another young man on Sunday named Khan Haidar s/o Janat Mir, from Piro Khel village of Landi Kotal division, Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP).

The death was the second case of Congo virus in the region after the first case of Salman Shinwari, a twenty years old young man, who died of virus in Islamabad hospital on Saturday.

According to the details, Khan Haider was admitted to Hayatabad medical complex initially, from where he was referred to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. The precarious condition of Haider did not get better, and he breathed his last in Peshawar on Sunday morning.

It is worth mentioning that the ill-fated Haidar was the attendant of first affected Salman Shinwari, who died in Islamabad hospital...

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/365...-virus-at-jpmc

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/toll-rises-to-...fe-in-karachi/


Toll rises to 10 as Congo virus claims another life in Karachi
Web Desk On Sep 10, 2018 Last updated Sep 10, 2018

KARACHI: A 25-year-old man lost his life battling the deadly Congo virus in Karachi, taking the death toll linked to the disease in Pakistan to 10 this year, ARY News reported on Monday.

According to details, a 25-year-old named Haider, who was tested positive for the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) two days ago lost his life in the city?s Jinnah Hospital today...

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Another Congo fever patient admitted to JPMC

Karachi
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Our Correspondent
September 21, 2018
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?Muhammad Afzal, a factory worker, was brought to JPMC emergency with symptoms similar to CCHF infection and today he was confirmed having the viral disease after lab results,? Executive Director JPMC Dr Seemin Jamali told The News on Thursday.
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She added that so far 14 Congo patients had been brought to the hospital, and five of them had died.

This year, 10 people have lost their lives at various Karachi hospitals because of CCHF with the last patient losing his life on September 11, when 22-year old Haider Ali Jaffari, a cattle caretaker and resident of Mehmoodabad, had died at the JPMC.
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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/371263-another-congo-fever-patient-admitted-to-jpmc

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Charsadda boy dies of Congo fever
The Newspaper's Correspondent
September 29, 2018

CHARSADDA: A teenage boy from Dhaki Sahib Gul Mohallah of Charsadda district died of Congo virus in a hospital in Peshawar on Friday.

Zewar Shah, uncle of deceased Adnan, 17, told mediapersons here that his nephew, a grade 10th student, fell ill and was admitted to Tangi hospital.

From there he was referred to rural health centre, Jamalabad, Harichand, where his hepatitis test result came positive, he said.
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https://www.dawn.com/news/1435670/charsadda-boy-dies-of-congo-fever

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/375...t-dies-at-jpmc

11th Congo fever patient dies at JPMC
Our Correspondent
October 1, 2018

A man died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), commonly known as Congo virus, at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Sunday, raising the death toll due to the disease to 11 in Karachi in the ongoing year.

?Pir Bux, a resident of Sanghar district who had been shifted from Aga Khan University Hospital to JPMC, has died due to complications of CCHF this evening. He had tested positive for the viral disease and his condition was very serious due to low platelets count?, Executive Director JPMC Dr. Seemin Jamali told The News...

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/381...-fever-patient

Congo fever patient
Our Correspondent
October 16, 2018

Officials at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) confirmed on Monday that they were treating another patient suffering from Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). JPMC Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali told The News that 19-year-old Obaid Moosa, a resident of North Nazimabad...

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ed-in-karachi/

Another Congo virus case reported in Karachi
by INP , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

KARACHI: The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic virus was detected in another patient admitted at Jinnah Hospital on Sunday after which the number of the undertreatment patients of the Congo fever has reached to two.

Jinnah Hospital chief Dr Semi Jamli said that 28-year-old man, Nehal, who hails from Jam Goth Malir was shifted to the hospital two days ago after which he was diagnosed with Congo fever...

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Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/316250/ano...ed-in-karachi/


Another case of Congo virus reported in Karachi
inp
October 30, 2018

Yet another case of Congo Virus has surfaced in the city, taking the reported count of affected patients to 19 this year.

According to reports, 33-year-old Faizan is a resident of Malir and was taken to Karachi?s Jinnah Hospital after he showed symptoms of the Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)...

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1837777...ahim-yar-khan/

The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Punjab
Two suspected Congo virus patients die in Rahim Yar Khan
By Noor Soomro
Published: October 31, 2018

RAHIM YAR KHAN:

At least two suspected Congo virus patients passed away during the past 48 hours in Rahim Yar Khan.

Doctors at Sheikh Zayed Hospital told Express News that Humaira, 20, a resident of Chak No 98-NP, and 40-year-old Hameedan Bibi, were brought to the health facility in critical condition. They added that the symptoms of both women suggested that they had been infected by the Congo virus...

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Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakista...za-490555.html

Two Suspected Patients Of Seasonal Influenza, Congo Admitted At Nishtar Hospital
Faizan Hashmi 5 hours ago Tue 27th November 2018 | 10:36 PM

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Nov, 2018 ) ::Two suspected patients of Seasonal Influenza (HINI) and Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) have been admitted at Nishtar hospital on Tuesday evening.

Official sources informed APP that Seasonal Influenza patient belonged to Multan while Congo patients hailed from Mailsi and they have been kept in isolation ward...