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Bujumbura: alert at Kamenge military hospital after the death of a Congolese child presenting symptoms resembling those of the Ebola virus
Officials at this hospital located in the north of the commercial city Bujumbura have taken protective measures but employees say that "we need to be more vigilant even if the nurses show no signs of the disease." The child died on Thursday May 2. (SOS Media Burundi)
The patient was between 7 and 8 years old. She was from neighboring Congo, medical sources at the Kamenge military hospital told SOS Médias Burundi. She died right after being admitted to this hospital.
“The symptoms the little girl presented were bleeding from the nose and anus. That’s why we were afraid,” our sources say.
The patient was seen in the emergency department of the pediatrics of the health establishment. At least five people, including nurses, were in direct contact with her. They were quarantined for a few hours. The buildings housing the department concerned and its surroundings have been disinfected and cleaned.
“The people in question were sent home. Tests were carried out but it was found that there were insufficient reagents. The results are expected next Tuesday,” indicate our sources, who add that “even though we were afraid, the nurses had no symptoms of Ebola virus disease.”
According to a nurse, the mother of the deceased is receiving preventive care. Our sources say the child had been kept at home since March 25, the day he started showing these signs.
In Burundi, no case linked to the deadly virus has ever been declared by health authorities.
But since 2020, epidemiological surveillance services have been installed at the border posts of the small East African nation. Health workers have been deployed at borders to screen patients to isolate passengers who show signs of contagious diseases including Ebola and COVID-19.
Bujumbura: alert at Kamenge military hospital after the death of a Congolese child presenting symptoms resembling those of the Ebola virus
Officials at this hospital located in the north of the commercial city Bujumbura have taken protective measures but employees say that "we need to be more vigilant even if the nurses show no signs of the disease." The child died on Thursday May 2. (SOS Media Burundi)
The patient was between 7 and 8 years old. She was from neighboring Congo, medical sources at the Kamenge military hospital told SOS Médias Burundi. She died right after being admitted to this hospital.
“The symptoms the little girl presented were bleeding from the nose and anus. That’s why we were afraid,” our sources say.
The patient was seen in the emergency department of the pediatrics of the health establishment. At least five people, including nurses, were in direct contact with her. They were quarantined for a few hours. The buildings housing the department concerned and its surroundings have been disinfected and cleaned.
“The people in question were sent home. Tests were carried out but it was found that there were insufficient reagents. The results are expected next Tuesday,” indicate our sources, who add that “even though we were afraid, the nurses had no symptoms of Ebola virus disease.”
According to a nurse, the mother of the deceased is receiving preventive care. Our sources say the child had been kept at home since March 25, the day he started showing these signs.
In Burundi, no case linked to the deadly virus has ever been declared by health authorities.
But since 2020, epidemiological surveillance services have been installed at the border posts of the small East African nation. Health workers have been deployed at borders to screen patients to isolate passengers who show signs of contagious diseases including Ebola and COVID-19.
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