Congo virus claims third life in Karachi this year

A representative image of a sign with a Congo virus. – Reuters/File Karachi: A 28-year-old man from Karachi, who was a butcher by profession, died of the Crima Congo-Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), generally known as Congo virus, on Friday. The individual was admitted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center only two days earlier, with symptoms of…

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Poliovirus found in sewage samples across seven districts

A health worker manages polio drops to school children for vaccination during a door-to-door poliovirus exporting campaign in Lahore on April 21, 2025.-AFP Karachi: Poliovirus is detected in environmental samples from seven different districts in the country, reported Pakistani polio extension program on Saturday. The program said virus was found in environmental monsters from Quetta,…

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Sindh reports first dengue fatality of the year

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is seen in a laboratory of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (Cideim) in Cali, Colombia. – Reuters/File Karachi: A 24-year-old man died of docking fever in the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital, which marks the first death-related death of the province from 2025. According to hospital officials, the patient…

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