A 47-year-old man died of Congo virus in Malla Kalan village of Hazro tehsil of Attock on Saturday. After the special emergency measures taken by Assistant Commissioner Hazro Kamran Ashraf, the body was laid to rest while the Health Department imposed emergency.
Deputy DHO Dr. Rasheed Khan confirmed to APP that on April 27, a man named Imran developed fever and started bleeding, so his family took him to Attock private Hospital, where his condition worsened, the doctors referred him to a famous private hospital in Rawalpindi. There, various tests were conducted on him, in the reports of which he was diagnosed with Congo virus and he died on the fifth day of the disease.
In this regard, the hospital administration informed the local government administration, on which AC Hazro Kamran Ashraf immediately sent the teams of health, sanitary and veterinary departments to village Malla Kalan and sprayed them to eliminate the Congo virus spread by animals. Assistant Commissioner said in a conversation with senior journalist Nisar Ali Khan that as soon as we found out.
