Health
Karachi reports first Congo virus case
Doctors say the patient suffering from the virus has been shifted to ICU for medical care
Karachi: A man fell victim to the deadliest Congo Virus in the provincial capital, the local authorities said on Wednesday (today).
The patient was immediately shifted to Jinnah Hospital.
According to the doctors, the 32-year-old patient had symptoms like diarrhoea and fever and when they examined him he was found the victim of the Congo virus.
“We have shifted him to the Incentive Care Unit (ICU) for his safety, security and care,” said a doctor, pointing out that the patient’s condition was deteriorating.
Health experts believed that the Congo Virus is the deadliest and the probability of survival is only ten per cent. It transfers from animals to humans and then humans to humans. Bleeding from gums, nose and faeces are the common symptoms.