{"id":329890,"date":"2023-05-07T23:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T18:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=329890"},"modified":"2023-05-07T23:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T18:48:32","slug":"first-congo-virus-case-confirmed-in-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/first-congo-virus-case-confirmed-in-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"First Congo virus case confirmed in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alarming<br \/>\n KARACHI<br \/>\nThe Sindh health department has confirmed this year\u2019s first case of the life-threatening Congo virus in Karachi.<br \/>\nAccording to health officials, Muhammad Adil, a 28-year-old resident of Nazimabad, visited the Ziauddin Hospital as an outpatient on Thursday this week. Qasim Siraj Soomro, the parliamentary secretary on health, told The Express Tribune that the health facility took samples from the patient and sent them to the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), where the laboratory results confirmed that he had contracted the Congo virus.<\/p>\n<p>Soomro said the health department received the results on Sunday evening and immediately sent a team to Adil\u2019s residence to bring him to the Infectious Disease Hospital located at NIPA Chowrangi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alarming KARACHI The Sindh health department has confirmed this year\u2019s first case of the life-threatening Congo virus in Karachi. According to health officials, Muhammad Adil, a 28-year-old resident of Nazimabad, visited the Ziauddin Hospital as an outpatient on Thursday this week. 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