COVID-19 Pandemic and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Dangerous Combination for Healthcare System

Abstract

To the Editor We have recently studied published articles related to co-epidemics of COVID‐19 and other contagious diseases which highlight the effect of coinfections on health care system. Almost 6,286,897 precious lives have been lost so far due to this novel COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 while, it has infected above 520,482,362 individuals globally. In Pakistan, a highest surge has been observed in the number of COVID-19 infected people with 1,529,165 infected cases and 30,376 deaths [1]. Pakistan being a Muslim nation also face a serious threat of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) occurrence while celebrating its Islamic festival of Eid-Ul-Adha [2]. Since 1976, each year the virus appears at the time of Eid-Ul-Adha with most infected cases reported in Baluchistan however, cases have also been recorded from every region of the country (To be continued).