{"id":15161,"date":"2026-04-22T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=15161"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:39:57","slug":"rising-alarm-in-sindh-as-youth-contracts-congo-virus-ahead-of-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=15161","title":{"rendered":"Rising Alarm in Sindh as Youth Contracts Congo Virus Ahead of Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KARACHI: The risk of a Congo virus outbreak ahead of Eid-ul-Adha is rising following the report of this year\u2019s first case in Tando Muhammad Khan, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 17-year-old youth suffering from the virus has been transferred to Jinnah Hospital in Karachi. He was brought to the facility exhibiting symptoms of severe fever and internal bleeding. A private hospital laboratory has since confirmed the presence of the Congo virus in the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources stated that the affected youth works as an animal caretaker. Health experts noted that the virus can spread from ticks found on livestock to human beings; they have advised citizens to exercise extreme caution when handling sacrificial animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts also instructed those caring for sacrificial animals to wear gloves at all times to prevent infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congo virus (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus. It is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human-to-human transmission can occur, resulting from close contact with the blood, secretions, organs, or other bodily fluids of infected persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing protective clothing (gloves\/long sleeves) and using repellents are the most effective ways to stay safe during the Eid-ul-Adha season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As many as six deaths were reported in 2025, which occurred in the southern Sindh province, including five in Karachi, the provincial capital and Pakistan\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The risk of a Congo virus outbreak ahead of Eid-ul-Adha is rising following the report of this year\u2019s first case in Tando Muhammad Khan, ARY News reported. A 17-year-old youth suffering from the virus has been transferred to Jinnah Hospital in Karachi. He was brought to the facility exhibiting symptoms of severe fever and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1776872498,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15163,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15161\/revisions\/15163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}