Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: One more patient died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) on Friday in Quetta. At least 84 patients were shifted to Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital and at least 22 of them tested positive of CCHF, a private news channel reported. One of the affected patient 55-year-old, Rehmatullah, was under treatment, but could not recover and died. The Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital is the only centre in Balochistan to treat Congo virus, where patients from Afghanistan are also treated. The hospital administration has warned that eight districts of the province are vulnerable to the said disease. Meanwhile, Punjab government has increased number of anti-Congo spray teams at entrance points of Lahore to prevent the disease.