Horrifying, more than 600 people infected HIV in Pakistan in a month

News24xx.com -  As information, more than 600 people (75% of them children) were identified as having HIV in less than a month. 

This symptom appeared in February in Ratto Dero, a small town in the southern part of Pakistan. 

Initially,  a number of parents were worried because the fever suffered by their children never healed. Then, the children were then taken to the doctor. In a few weeks, more and more children suffer from similar diseases.

Dr. Imran Aarbani, a doctor who served in one of the hospitals in the city was surprised. He then suggested that the children undergo a blood test. 

What he worries about has happened, the children have contracted HIV - and nobody knows why. 

"On April 24 2019, about 15 children tested positive for HIV, although none of their parents carried the virus," a hospital doctor told the BBC.

Last month, more than 607 people (also 75% of them children) were diagnosed with the virus after rumors said families had been sent to a special unit in a city-owned hospital by the Sindh provincial health department.

However, perhaps even more surprising is this is not the first outbreak to hit the region in recent years.

News mentioned the possibility of this outbreak hit the province of Larkana in Sindh, prompting thousands of people to undergo blood tests again in 2016. 

On this occasion, as many as 1,521 people tested positive for HIV, based on the numbers owned by the AIDS management agency, Sindh Aids Control Program (SACP).

 

 

 

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