Is mumps worse than usual in Zhob?

Dooram can't tell yet. Too few of Zhob's clinics reported in the last four weeks and in the same weeks of the last two years.

2.0 cases reported in week 39, when 92% of its clinics sent a report.

"Usual" is the same four weeks of the two years before. In 6 of those 8 weeks, fewer than half of Zhob's clinics sent a report, so the cases they show are not Zhob's usual, only how little was reported. In 2 of the last four weeks, fewer than half of its clinics sent a report, so a low count may only mean few reports. Dooram leaves out any week when fewer than half the clinics reported, and here too few weeks are left to compare.

20242024 week 37: 72% of clinics reported2024 week 38: 72% of clinics reported20252025 week 36: 36% of clinics reported2025 week 37: 31% of clinics reported2025 week 38: 28% of clinics reported2025 week 39: 31% of clinics reported20262026 week 36: 44% of clinics reported2026 week 37: 44% of clinics reported2026 week 38: 87% of clinics reported2026 week 39: 92% of clinics reportedweek 36week 39

Half the clinics or more reportedFewer than halfNone reported

This page will compare again once enough of Zhob's clinics have reported in the weeks compared. Its weekly counts are read every week.

How does Zhob compare with the rest of Pakistan?

Not compared. Each district is compared with its own usual, and Zhob cannot be this time.

What is mumps?

Mumps is an illness caused by a virus. It is usually mild.

Signs
Fever, headache, and swollen cheeks or jaw from swelling of the glands that make spit.
How it spreads
Through droplets from the nose and mouth when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks, and through close contact.
How to protect yourself
The mumps vaccine is safe and works well. It is usually given as part of the combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Get medical help
See a doctor for a stiff neck, bad headache or confusion, or for painful swelling of the testicles. Mumps can also cause deafness in children.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: WHO: Mumps (Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Standards), read 8 October 2026. General information, not medical advice.

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A reported case means someone reached a clinic and a form was filed, so these count reports, not everyone who was ill.

Sources. Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad, weekly report. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.