First patient of Chikungunya arrives in PIMS

May 6, 2017

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MED-Zika Mosquito-5 Things — FILE - This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is behind the large outbreaks of Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean. On Friday, July 29, 2016, Florida said four Zika infections in the Miami area are likely the first caused by mosquito bites in the continental U.S. All previous U.S. cases have been linked to outbreak countries. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)

ISLAMABAD: A patient has been registered in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) with symptoms of Chikungunya. The patient was travelling from Karachi where the disease has gone viral.

The doctors, are awaiting the reports of 45-year-old Safeer Khan before saying anything with certainty. Safeer is a resident of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) but works in Karachi.

According to reports, the mosquito-borne viral fever has taken over the coastal belt of Karachi after its first outbreak in Malir district last year. Thousands of patients have flocked to the hospitals in the southern districts of the metropolis.