Amidst the ongoing wave of COVID in Pakistan, multiple cities of interior province of Sindh were struck by a new epidemic. This disfiguring disease known as the Desert Boil or Cutaneous Leishmaniasis has affected nearly 4400 people and daily 100–150 cases are being reported in men, women and children of all age. Public health authorities have declared a health emergency in various cities and are trying to curtail this epidemic.
