As cases of the deadly Congo virus continue to rise, health emergencies have been imposed in hospitals across Baluchistan to deal with the disease, In medical terms, Crimean Congo is also known as the Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus.
The decision to implement the health emergency came after a meeting in the provincial capital, Quetta, chaired by Baluchistan’s caretaker Chief Minister Ali Mardan Domki, 44 cases of the virus were reported in Baluchistan.
All Divisional Commissioners, District House Officers (DHOs) and Livestock Officers have been directed by the Chief Minister to keep a close eye on the situation.
The meeting also decided to ban private slaughterhouses in Quetta for two weeks under section 144، After which the animals can be slaughtered only in slaughterhouses located away from the urban population.
CM Domki instructed the provincial department of livestock to immediately spray disinfectants into livestock markets.
According to the caretaker chief minister, preliminary evidence suggests that the virus is spread to a patient from a civil hospital deer, The affected ward was then sealed off and other departments were sterilized under special measures.
The interim chief minister added that two healthcare workers infected with the Congo virus were being transported to Karachi by air ambulance today.
The interim setup in Balochistan has declared a doctor who died of the Congo virus a martyr and announced benefits for his surviving family.
A doctor diagnosed with the deadly Congo virus in Quetta and a suspected patient undergoing treatment at Fatima Jinnah Hospital died Sunday.
According to the hospital administration, the patient was brought to the hospital in a critical condition from the rural area of Hazaraganj.
According to a spokesman for the young doctors, the victim died while being taken to Karachi for treatment. According to a spokesman for the young doctors, the patient died on his way to Karachi for special medical treatment.
This year has seen an increase in cases of Congo virus in which at least 41 patients have been hospitalized, resulting in 17 deaths.
