Congo fever claims 24 lives in last five months

F.P. Report

KABUL: As many as 102 patients have been treated for Congo fever at the government run infectious Diseases hospital in Kabul, however 24 patients have been died from the disease in the last five month.

This is just data of one hospital, the actual and combined data of all hospitals are very alarming.

Abdul Rahim Akbari, head of the hospital said that the most patients came of our hospital were butchers and poultry farms workers. Congo fever has four stages and it takes ten 10 for treatment, he informed.

Rahimullah, 18 patient at the hospital told his condition was very bad as he was working at the butcher and while slaughtering an animal I became infected but now I am feeling good from the past five days.

The CCHF virus is transmitted to people either by tick bites or through contact with infected animal blood or tissues during and immediately after slaughter.