KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday confirmed 11 deaths from Congo virus during the past three months, saying it registered 267 positive cases all over the country.
MoPH officials two days ago told Pajhwok Afghan News that 104 persons contracted Congo fever and seven people died from it in the country.
Dr. Fakhruddin Stankizai, zoonotic illnesses specialists at MoPH, told Pajhwok that the virus was transmitted to humans through contact with infected ticks and animal blood and from one infected person to another.
Stanikzai said severe fever, headache, muscles pain, joints pain, pain in stomach, throat . . .
