The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that since the beginning of this year, 494 positive cases of Congo dengue fever have been registered in Afghanistan, of which 47 people have died due to this disease.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Today (Thursday, July 14), the World Health Organization has published a report saying that in less than two months, 54 new positive cases of Congo fever have been registered in the country.
 
According to the World Health Organization, 9 people died during this period.
 
According to the information of this report, from the beginning of 2032 until now, 494 positive cases of Congo fever have been registered in 32 provinces of Afghanistan.
 
In the report of the World Health Organization, it is stated that this year 16 people died in Kabul, 19 people in Balkh, six people in Takhar, five people in Parwan, three people in Jawzjan, two people in Kandahar and one person each in Badakhshan, Baghlan, Faryab, Ghazni, Kapisa, Khost, Kunduz, Paktia, Sarpol and Maidan Wark have died due to this disease.
 
The World Organization announced the fight against Congo dengue fever and said that it has cooperated with the Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate in the diagnosis, treatment and consultation of this virus since one year.
 
Most of the victims of Congo fever in the country are people over the age of five, 28.5 percent of whom are women.
 
Congo hemorrhagic fever is an acute febrile and hemorrhagic disease that is transmitted through tick bites or contact with the blood or secretions or carcasses of infected animals and humans. This disease first spread in 1944 in the city of Crimea, Ukraine, and then in the Congo.