Attock district’s leaders called for urgent action after two people died from a serious illness called Congo Virus or Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). They also made a rule called Section 144.
This rule stops farmers from selling cows and moving them between different parts of the district for 10 days before a special day called Eidul Azha.
A group of smart people met. They were from the district’s leaders, doctors, and farmers.
The meeting was run by a leader named Deputy Commissioner Rao Atif Raza.
The group decided to stop farmers from selling cows. The new rule affects places called Gondal in Attock, Domel, Jand, and Gali Jageer in Fatehjang.
The rule also stops farmers from moving cows between different parts of the district and between districts.
Deputy Commissioner Rao Atif Raza and a helper visited a place where people check cows.
It will be in Attock district. It’s important because of the big cattle movement coming before Eidul Azha.
The checkpost is on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Punjab border at Jehri Kass on Hazara Road. They watched for potential cattle movement from KP to Punjab.
Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Engineer Aamir Khattak inspected the livestock checkpost in Attock Khurd on G.T. Road. He checked the Attock administration’s arrangements.
District Health Authority Chief Executive Dr. Asad Ismail said the latest outbreak was found on May 1.
Mohammad Imran, 51 years old from Hazro, was put in a hospital in Rawalpindi.
He had a high fever and oral bleeding. Later he died. The second patient, Khair Khanum, a 50-year-old woman from Jand, came on May 17.
But she didn’t live. The National Institute of Health (NIH) said both patients had the Congo virus.
Attock Needs Urgent Medical Attention to Prevent from Congo
Dr. Ismail said the Congo virus is deadly. It has a 10% recovery rate. It goes from animals to humans and between humans. Symptoms include bleeding from the gums, nose, and stools.
It also causes a high fever. Attock Livestock Department Additional Director Dr. Abdul Hameed said checkposts were made. They are at all district entry and exit points.
They watch the cattle movement ban.
The Punjab government sent a nine-member committee. It has health and livestock experts. They will look into the causes and cases.
They want to make a plan to control the disease.
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