This story is from January 26, 2015

Health officials confirm congo fever death of Jaisalmer man

The health department has confirmed that a resident of Ratan ki Basi village in Lathi area of Jaisalmer district, who died four days ago at Jodhpur's Goyal hospital, was suffering from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
Health officials confirm congo fever death of Jaisalmer man

JAISALMER: The health department has confirmed that a resident of Ratan ki Basi village in Lathi area of Jaisalmer district, who died four days ago at Jodhpur's Goyal hospital, was suffering from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
After getting information about the death due to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, the scare of the disease has gripped the village.
According to the health department sources, National Centre for Disease Control team will reach Jaisalmer in a day or two and will investigate the death.
On the other hand, the teams of health department have started distributing Tamiflu medicine to the villagers.
The officials also collected blood samples of suspected cases. There was information of Congo disease spreading in neighboring Pakistan and looking at the possibility, BSF has increased surveillance as the disease spreads through the tick on cattles.
Chief medical health officer (CMHO) Jaisalmer Dr N R Nayak said that Jhabar Singh (45) resident of Ratan ki Bassi of Lathi gram panchayat died three-four days ago at Goyal hospital in Jodhpur of Congo fever.
CMHO said that Dr Gupta, Rekha Verma, Hanuman Vishnoi, Kanchan Vishnoi, Suman Dhaka and team in-charge Swaroop surveyed the houses at Ratan Ki Basi and took blood slides.
Dr Nayak said a team from National Centre for Disease Control from Delhi will come to Jaisalmer in a day or two for intensive investigation of the entire case. There has been information of this Congo disease spreading in few areas of Pakistan. Looking to this, directions have been given to be alert. Rajasthan frontier DIG Ravi Gandhi confirming said that all jawans and officers of BSF have been directed to be alert in regard to Congo disease and seriously take care of camels. It is to be mentioned that four days ago, at Goyal Hospital in Jodhpur, two nursing personnel died of Congo disease, while two were ill, whose situation is now said to be out of danger.
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