{"id":61988,"date":"2024-02-19T14:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/karachi-grapples-with-another-contagious-disease\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:18:04","slug":"karachi-grapples-with-another-contagious-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/karachi-grapples-with-another-contagious-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi grapples with another contagious disease"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KARACHI: The city of lights has been grappled with another contagious disease, Adenovirus, which is reportedly spreading rapidly across the citizens in Karachi, ARY News reported on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Revealing the symptoms of the virus, the medical experts stated that the virus usually causes cough, cold, and fever in the patients.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview, doctor Halar Sheikh \u2013 the registrar of Jinnah Hospital, warned the citizens about the rapid spread and the symptoms of the Adenovirus.<\/p>\n

The doctor suggested that patients \u2013 exposed to the virus \u2013 should take proper two to three-day rest and recommended to use of fresh fruits and fresh juice in the diet.<\/p>\n

Registrar Jinnah Hospital warned that adenovirus can take a dangerous form in asthmatics, diabetics, and elderly patients.<\/p>\n

He suggested that in such a season, the citizens should avoid eating \u2018junk food\u2019, and handshake to avoid the contagious disease.<\/p>\n

READ: US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in 2020, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated the newly established 200-bedded Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital<\/a> in Karachi.<\/p>\n

The newly built hospital has been constructed at a cost of over 1.73 billion rupees.<\/p>\n

Initially, the hospital would start formal operation with 54 beds and within the next six weeks, it would work at 200-bedded capacity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n