In the middle of the monsoon, the state has taken the Congo fever. So far 6 deaths have been reported due to the spread of the Congo virus. Lilaben Sindhu was killed in Jamdi village of Limbdi taluka of the state today, while a woman named Ambubhan was killed in Bhavnagar.

A 3-year-old woman from Kamlej village of Bhavnagar was admitted to Sir Tea Hospital in Bhavnagar on August 22 after suffering a fever. Here his blood samples were sent to the laboratory of Pune. But the woman was killed at two o’clock in the night before receiving further treatment, so that the duty doctor declared the death due to suspected Congo fever. But yesterday in the report from Pune it was officially clear that the woman died due to the Congo fever.

Bhavnagar District Procurement Officer on this. P. a. Pathan said a sister had complained of fever five days ago in Kamlej village in the district. He died on the morning of the 5th. His samples were sent to the laboratory at Pune. This sample has a positive result. The woman died due to the Congo. We have surveyed the village since Friday and have taken samples of 5 people from Kamle The deadly Congo fever has claimed another life in Gujarat as one more woman died due to infection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in a government-run hospital, taking the toll to three.

Earlier, Lilaben Sindhu’s mother-in-law, who died of Congo fever on August 7, has also been admitted to a civil hospital in Congo fever. Blood samples have also been taken from the nurses who treated them. At present, three people with Congo fever symptoms have been hospitalized. The three patients include 2 of turmeric, one young man from Raikhad, two doctors, two paramedical staff and a woman from Jamdi village.

The deadly Congo fever has claimed another life in Gujarat as one more woman died due to infection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in a government-run hospital, taking the toll to three.

Besides three deaths, as many as nine persons including two doctors are suspected to have been infected with the disease, whose spread the State government is trying to contain.