A specialist in infectious diseases at the National and Specialized Antani Hospital in Kabul says that 120 patients infected with Congo fever have been registered at the hospital in the past 15 days, while 150 cases had been recorded from the beginning of the current year until one day before Eid al-Adha.
At least 69 people have been killed in an armed attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local and security sources cited by AFP. The report said that details about the nature of the attack, the…
On the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, doctors fear a possible increase in Congo fever cases and recommend the use of gloves, masks, glasses and long clothes while slaughtering an animal.
A dozen people contracted Congo disease and two of them lost their lives during the past one week in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Monday. Qiyamuddin Safai, in charge of infectious diseases hospital in Kunduz…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has deployed 70 health workers and social mobilizers, including 30 women, in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces amid increasing Congo fever cases in the country. WHO tweeted: “As Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever…
Five people have died out of 86 who contracted the fatal Congo disease in western Herat province this year, an official said on Sunday. The Congo virus has been a huge concern and challenge in the country…
JALALABAD (Pajhwok) Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has killed one person after seven suspected cases emerged recently, an official said on Saturday. CCHF is a viral disease symptoms may include fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding into the skin.…
Five Congo virus cases have been diagnosed so far this year in southern Ghazni province, a public health official said on Sunday, a day after two persons died of the tick-borne viral disease. Viral diseases control branch…
