Second patient infected with the Congo virus in Sindh within a space of two days in Karachi, Sindh Health Department said in a statement on Thursday.
26-year-old infected patient was a resident of Karachi’s Ibrahim Hyderi locality.
The patient was referred to Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital from the city’s Jinnah Hospital owing to absence of the isolation ward in the health facility.
Earlier, a Congo virus patient had died on June 17.
According to the DHO Malir, the patient was used to work as butcher in eid days, and he had slaughtered animals during first two days of the Eid ul Adha.
The symptoms of Crimean Congo virus were diagnosed in the patient few days back, DHO Malir said. “He had earlier visited cattle market,” health official said.
