The World Health Organization announced that since the beginning of this year, 35 positive cases of Congo fever have been registered in Afghanistan.
Publish dateMonday 26 June 2023 - 14:56
Story Code : 272386
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: The World Health Organization has published a report saying that in the week ending June 17, a total of 35 new cases of Congo CCHF fever were registered in the country.
According to the report of the World Health Organization, since the beginning of this year, a total of 359 positive cases have been reported, of which 114 cases (31.8%) were caused by the spread of the disease and the rest were sporadic cases.
In total, since January 2023, 11 deaths have been reported (3 in Balkh, 2 in Kandahar, 2 in Jawzjan, 2 in Kabul, and 1 in Takhar and Samangan provinces).
The most positive cases in the past 2 months were in the southern (Kandahar and Helmand), northern (Balk) and central (Kabul) provinces.
Based on this report, usually 15 thousand cases are registered worldwide in a year.
Congo fever is a type of virus that carries blood with itself, and usually between 10 and 40 percent of people who get infected with this virus die.
According to the report of the World Health Organization, since the beginning of this year, a total of 359 positive cases have been reported, of which 114 cases (31.8%) were caused by the spread of the disease and the rest were sporadic cases.
In total, since January 2023, 11 deaths have been reported (3 in Balkh, 2 in Kandahar, 2 in Jawzjan, 2 in Kabul, and 1 in Takhar and Samangan provinces).
The most positive cases in the past 2 months were in the southern (Kandahar and Helmand), northern (Balk) and central (Kabul) provinces.
Based on this report, usually 15 thousand cases are registered worldwide in a year.
Congo fever is a type of virus that carries blood with itself, and usually between 10 and 40 percent of people who get infected with this virus die.
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