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Karachi. In Pakistan, 18 people including 14 children died due to a mysterious disease in Kemari area of Karachi. Health officials in this southern port city of Pakistan have still not been able to ascertain the cause of death. Abdul Hameed Jumani, director of health services, confirmed on Friday that 18 people, including 14 children, died of the mysterious disease between January 10 and 25 in Kemari’s Mawach Goth area.
Abdul Hameed Jumani said, “A health team is still working to find out the cause of these deaths, but we suspect that it could be sea or water related because the Goth (village) where these deaths took place , it is very close to the coastal area.” Mawach Goth is a slum area where the people are mostly daily wage laborers or fishermen.
Jumani said that the relatives of the deceased had confirmed that before they died, their relatives had high fever, swelling of the throat and difficulty in breathing. “Some people have also complained that a strange smell has been emanating from the area for the last two weeks,” the official said. Kemari Deputy Commissioner Mukhtar Ali Abro said he had also questioned a factory owner in this regard. detained for. He said that we had called the state environmental agency which collected samples from three factories operating in the area.
Iqbal Chowdhary, head of the Sindh Center (Chemical Sciences), said that they have collected some samples of soybean from the factories and they think that the cause of death could also be soy allergy. He said that soybean dust particles in the air can also cause serious diseases 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.
Can be the cause 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.
