Teenager becomes first Congo virus fatality in Pakistan's Karachi

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Published - April 23, 2026 10:39 p.m. IST - Karachi

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A 17-year-old lad died connected Thursday (April 23, 2026) astatine a infirmary successful Pakistan's Karachi metropolis aft contracting the Congo virus, becoming the archetypal confirmed unfortunate of the illness this year, wellness authorities said.

“The lad died today. He was brought to the infirmary connected Monday with precocious fever,” Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Centre Director Dr. Abdul Wahid Rajput said.

Published - April 23, 2026 10:39 p.m. IST

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