As Eid al-Adha approaches, doctors at Kabul’s Infectious Diseases Hospital report a 10 to 15 percent increase in Congo fever cases compared to the previous solar year.
Doctors said that in the past month, 100 suspected cases have been recorded.
Congo fever is a severe hemorrhagic fever that usually causes blood clotting disorders, resulting in bruising on various parts of the body and severe nosebleeds. It is transmitted by a tick known as Hyalomma.
Fighting against Congo fever and struggling for survival brought Mirois from Helmand to Kandahar, and now to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kabul.
His profession is butchery, and like other patients, he has been infected with Congo fever.
Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) also reported in its monthly bulletin that in April, the number of Congo fever cases had increased by 263.3 percent compared to March.
