{"id":21663,"date":"2026-04-24T17:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21663"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:54:32","slug":"17-year-old-dies-of-congo-virus-in-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21663","title":{"rendered":"17-Year-Old Dies of Congo Virus in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Karachi: A 17-year-old boy infected with Congo Hemorrhagic Fever has passed away in the city, raising concerns among health authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the presence of the deadly virus was confirmed in the teenager just a day earlier, after which he was admitted to Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital, where he could not survive despite treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital administration stated that the deceased was involved in livestock handling, and it is suspected that he contracted the virus during this work, as the disease is commonly transmitted to humans through tick bites or contact with the blood of infected animals.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials said that Congo virus is a serious disease, and preventive measures are essential, especially for those who work closely with livestock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: A 17-year-old boy infected with Congo Hemorrhagic Fever has passed away in the city, raising concerns among health authorities. According to sources, the presence of the deadly virus was confirmed in the teenager just a day earlier, after which he was admitted to Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital, where he could not survive despite treatment. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[11971,11973,496,11972,74,11974],"class_list":["post-21663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-congo-virus","tag-contagious-disease","tag-health","tag-infectious-diseases-hospital","tag-karachi","tag-livestock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21665,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21663\/revisions\/21665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}