While we practise poor community hygiene, even those who have studied infectious diseases are flippant towards mitigating transmission. Health specialists are frequently observed exhibiting disdain for basic health and safety practices, such as wearing gloves. Other missing bio-safety measures include designated quarantine areas in hospitals with specific protocols in place. It is imperative for the government to be prescient at this stage. Providing proper facilities at hospitals has to be a top priority along with complete knowledge about the fitness of livestock across cattle farms in Pakistan. It would be prudent to monitor sales of all livestock, and vaccinations should be administered and documented. Health departments should make mandatory checks at hospitals to ensure that preventative safety procedures issued by the government are being followed. Facilities not meeting requirements should face grave consequences. The threat of Congo fever is serious and thus must result in severe consequences for hospitals that ignore safety procedures.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2016.
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