Eidul Azha: Camps to be set up in cattle markets

RAWALPINDI:

Special camps will be set up at eight cattle markets in the district set up for Eidul Azha. They will help prevent a potential outbreak of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Rawalpindi DCO Saqib Zaffar said in a meeting on Monday.

Zaffar said that they will set up “special facilities” to provide treatment to sick animals to prevent Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus from spreading.

The DCO also asked concerned officials to provide him a duty roaster the cattle markets.

He said he will visit these markets himself to inspect the camps.

Two cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever have been detected in the Rawalpindi region in the past six weeks, according to media reports.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2012.