Pakistan News / Mysterious disease kills 18 people, including 14 children, in Pakistan

Pakistan News: In Pakistan, 18 people including 14 children died due to a mysterious disease in Karachi city. Abdul Hameed Jumani, director of health services, confirmed this on Friday. He told that these deaths occurred due to mysterious disease between January 10 and 25 in Mawach Goth area of Kemari. Mawach Goth is a slum area where people are mostly daily wage laborers or fishermen. Jumani said, 'A health team is still working to find out the cause of these deaths, we suspect that it could be sea or water related as Goth (village) where these deaths took place is in the coastal area. Is very close to.

These symptoms were seen in patients

Jumani said that the family members of the deceased told that their relatives had high fever, swelling in the throat and difficulty in breathing. He said, “Some people have also complained that a strange smell is coming in the area for the last two weeks. ,

According to the information, the environment agency has collected samples from three factories in this area and a factory owner has also been detained for questioning.

'Not yet reached any definite conclusion'

Iqbal Chowdhary, head of the Sindh Center (Chemical Sciences), said that they have collected some samples of soybeans from the factories and they think that the cause of death could also be soy allergy.

Chowdhary said that soybean dust particles in the air can also cause serious illnesses and deaths, and air pollution and weather play a big role. Chaudhary said that we have not yet reached any definite conclusion and the samples are being tested.