Pakistan, April 23 -- Pakistan has reported its first death of 2026 from the Congo virus in Karachi. A 17-year-old boy died at a hospital after contracting Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The case has raised renewed concerns over the seasonal spread of the tick-borne disease.

According to the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Centre, the patient arrived in critical condition. He was suffering from severe symptoms, including bleeding from the body. He was immediately shifted to the intensive care unit and placed under strict isolation protocols. Despite treatment, he later died.

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Doctors at Jinnah Hospital said the teenager had initially been a...