Eidul Azha: Camps to be set up in cattle markets
Two cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever have been detected in the Rawalpindi region in the past six weeks.
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 16th, 2012.
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 16th, 2012.