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News and Articles on CCHF
"Congo virus" kills man in Pakistan: report Jun 21, 2006
Haji Gul Kakar, a resident of Quetta and infected with Congo Crimean virus who was shifted to Karachi from Khuzdar in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province for medical treatment last week, Tuesday died at hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Geo TV reported. According to the report, Kahar was brought at Aga Khan hospital in Karachi with complaint of severe fever. (People's Daily Online, China)
Karachi hospitals on high alert after killer fever Nov 30, 2005
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani health authorities are on a high alert after the reported outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Karachi and are maintaining a continuous contact with the provincial health department. According to Secretary of Health Anwar Mehmood, hospitals in Karachi were put on alert after CCHF was confirmed to have killed five people including a lady doctor in six weeks and infecting over 40 ... Following reports of the CCHF cases in Karachi, the Sindh health... (Gulf Times)
Dengue fever kills five in Pakistan Nov 29, 2005
"Five patients suspected of having contracted Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) are dead, including a lady doctor, while 40 others are infected and are under observation in hospitals," a spokesman of the health ministry said. The spokesperson said that hospitals in this southern Pakistan port city had been put on alert and all patients coming to hospitals were being "carefully tested" for CCHF.. (India Times, India)
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