LAHORE: Two suspected Congo virus patients have been admitted in Services Hospital Lahore and their blood samples have been sent for diagnosis, hospital administration said Thursday.
According to hospital administration, the two patients have been identified as 30-year-old Imran and Ahmed Imtiaz 21.
The patients hailing from Lahore’s Ashra and Barki Road are placed in isolation ward after symptoms of Congo virus. Their blood samples and other tests have been sent for diagnosis.
The tests reports will clear whether they were contracted with Congo virus or not.
It may be noted here that a total 35 Congo virus cases have been reported initially this year throughout the country, excluding two recent cases reported in Lahore and yet to be diagnosed.
Sudden wave of Congo Virus has already taken lives of 6 patients this year during the treatment, according to the National Institute of Health report.
Symptoms of the virus include high fever and bleeding from the nose and ears.
Health professionals have expressed their concern over the expected spread of the virus during Eid-ul-Azha in September. Research shows that livestock workers are at a risk of contracting the virus as it spreads through animal blood and body fluids.
They have stressed that the government should take serious measures to prevent the outbreak of the virus.
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