Desert boil strikes hard: An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sindh, Pakistan.

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.