Two Congo virus patients being treated in Quetta hospital

Two Congo virus patients being treated in Quetta hospital

Pakistan

The blood sample of a patient has been sent to laboratory for test

QUETTA (Dunya News) - Another patient was brought to the Fatima Jinnah Chest and General Hospital on suspicion of Congo virus on Monday, Dunya News reported. 

Fatima Jinnah Chest and General Hospital sources said the patient had been shifted to isolation ward of the hospital and his blood sample had been sent to laboratory.

According to the Balochistan Health Department, at least 23 people contracted the Congo virus this year. Two Congo virus patients are currently under treatment at the hospital.

Congo fever is a tick-borne viral disease which is mainly transferred to humans from pets. The symptoms of the viral disease may include fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding into the skin. Complications may also include liver failure.