First Congo virus patient of this year reported in Karachi

KARACHI: (HRNW) A patient at the city’s Jinnah Hospital has been diagnosed with congo virus, citing a hospital official.

“A patient infected with Congo Fever virus has been admitted at the Jinnah Hospital,” Dr. Seemi Jamali said today.

It is the first patient of the Congo virus reported this year.

“The patient has been a cowherd and resident of Bilawal Chowrangi in Karachi, ” Dr. Jamali said.

The patient, was brought to Jinnah Hospital over symptoms of the congo fever. The hospital confirmed congo virus in the patient after medical test reports.

A Congo virus alert had been issued last year for the metropolis, stipulating precautionary instructions for all those people who are visiting cattle farms.

 

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