Lethal virus causes bleeding eyes – 2024-06-12 09:25:45

Two folks have died in Pakistan from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), which causes victims’ eyes to bleed. Final yr it was detected in ticks within the Japanese Pyrenees on France’s northeastern border with Spain.

The 2 victims, a butcher named Imran from Hazro in Attock and a girl named Khiran from Jud in Attock, died of the virus on the Benazir Bhutto Normal Hospital in Rawalpindi district on Might 3 and 18 respectively.

The provincial Division of Livestock and Dairy Improvement of Punjab has imposed a state of emergency in Attock and different areas and began spraying and cleansing.

Recommendation to residents

All animals dropped at cattle markets in Rawalpindi district and close by areas for Eid-ul-Azha should be examined and any animal discovered contaminated with the lethal virus or with swollen pores and skin shall be withdrawn from the market.

Director Livestock, Rawalpindi Division, Dr Naveeda Sehar Zaidi urged residents visiting the cattle markets to put on gentle coloured garments, not contact the animals, put on masks and maintain kids away from the markets.