TAXILA: The Attock district administration imposed a livestock emergency after two persons died of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).
Part 144 was imposed within the district, underneath which holding of cattle markets had been banned and inter-district motion of cattle prohibited for 10 days forward of Eidul Azha.
A gathering of the technical advisory committee, comprising all stakeholders, together with officers of the native administration, well being and livestock departmentswas held underneath the chair of Deputy Commissioner Rao Atif Raza.
It was determined to ban holding of cattle markets in Gondal in Attock, Domel, Jand and Gali Jageer in Fatehjang. In addition to, a whole ban on the inter-district and inter-provincial motion of cattle can be ensured.
Later, Deputy Commissioner Rao Atif Raza, together with assistant commissioner Hassanabdal, paid a shock go to to the livestock division checkpost on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Punjab border at Jehri Kass on Hazara Highway and monitored the potential motion of cattle from KP to Punjab.
In the meantime, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Engineer Aamir Khattak additionally paid a shock go to to the livestock checkpost in Attock Khurd on G.T. Highway to evaluate the preparations taken by the Attock administration.
District Well being Authority Chief ExecutiveDr Asad Ismail stated the most recent wave of the illness was detected on Might 1, when a 51-year-old affected person named Mohammad Imran from Hazro was delivered to a hospital in Rawalpindi with excessive fever and bleeding from the mouth. He later died within the hospital.
The second affected person was a 50-year-old lady named Khair Khanum, who got here from Jand on Might 17 and didn’t survive. The Nationwide Institute of Well being (NIH) later confirmed that each sufferers had been affected by the Congo virus.
Responding to a query, Dr Ismail stated Congo virus was deadly with solely a 10pc probability of restoration. He stated the virus was transmitted from animals to people and amongst people. Signs embody bleeding from the gums, nostril and stools, in addition to excessive fever.
Attock Livestock Division Further Director Dr Abdul Hameed stated the division had established checkposts in any respect entry and exit factors of the district to implement the ban on the motion of cattle within the district.
The Punjab authorities has dispatched a nine-member committee comprising consultants from the well being and livestock departments to look at the causes and research the circumstances of the affected individuals to finalise a method to minimise the additional unfold of the lethal illness in Attock district because the mass motion of cattle was anticipated forward of Eidul Azha.
Printed in Daybreak, Might twenty seventh, 2024