Senegal: Crimean-Congo fever detected
Instantly after the invention of the case, the well being authorities in Senegal activated an emergency staff to oversee and take care of the case, which was found on April 12 in a hospital within the metropolis of Gedeoye.
The Senegalese Ministry of Well being mentioned {that a} case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has been detected. The ministry confirmed that the case is in a hospital in a metropolis close to the capital, Dakar.
Instantly after the invention of the case, the well being authorities in Senegal activated an emergency staff to oversee and take care of the case, which was found on April 12 in a hospital within the metropolis of Gedeoye.
In response to the World Well being Group, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is probably the most prevalent tick-borne viral illness in people. It’s transmitted between people by direct contact with an contaminated individual’s blood or different bodily fluids. The dying charge from the illness ranges from ten to forty p.c.
Signs seem on the affected person represented by fever, feeling of nausea, vomiting and belly ache. Some signs additionally seem immediately, akin to muscle ache, dizziness, dome and again ache, and sensitivity to gentle.
