Ivory Coast fears Coronavirus has reached Africa - negative

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Ivory Coast fears Coronavirus has reached Africa
Date: Jan 27 , 2020 , 11:24
BY: bbc.com

Health officials are dealing with a suspected case of coronavirus in Ivory Coast, the country's health ministry has announced.

An unnamed student, who returned to the West African country from Beijing on Saturday, is undergoing further tests after showing flu-like symptoms...

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Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene

PRESS RELEASE

#Coronavirus: suspected case in Abidjan under control
Abidjan January 26, 2020

On Saturday January 25, 2020 the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene was alerted by the airport authorities of Abidjan of the presence of a patient in an aircraft of the company Turkish Airlines from Beijing to Abidjan .

She is a 34-year-old Ivorian student who has lived in Beijing for five years and who developed flu-like illness with coughing, sneezing, runny nose and breathing difficulty, which started on January 22, 2020 in Beijing.

A team made up of health professionals from the National Institute of Public Hygiene (INHP), SAMU, the Pasteur Institute of C?te d'Ivoire (IPCI) and the Infectious Diseases Service of the Treichville teaching hospital returned to the airport, upon landing of the plane to take charge of the patient.

According to the procedure, the passenger was transferred to the pandemic cell at F?lix Houphou?t Boigny airport in Abidjan for initial medical examination and treatment. Biological samples were also taken and sent to the IPCI for analysis.

To date, her general condition is satisfactory.

At this stage, there is a suspicion of a case of coronavirus pneumonia. The final diagnosis will be established after the results of the analysis of the samples taken.

The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene reminds the populations of the following prevention measures:

- Avoid close contact with people suffering from acute respiratory infections;
- Wash your hands frequently, especially after direct contact with sick people or their environment;
- Avoid unprotected contact with farmed or wild animals;
- Use a tissue to sneeze and cough and throw it in a trash can, otherwise sneeze and cough in the elbow and wash your hands regularly with soap and water.
- Go to the nearest health center in case of fever, cough and breathing difficulties
People are invited not to panic and to call 143 (toll free number) for any information.

Dr Eug?ne AKA AOUELE

https://www.facebook.com/Mshpci/

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Coronavirus case suspected in Abidjan: "To date, its general condition is satisfactory '' according to the government

Posted on Wednesday January 29, 2020 | Abidjan.net

The government spokesman, the Minister of Communication and the media, Sidi Tour?, announced this Wednesday, January 29, after the Council of Ministers, in relation to the suspected detected case of the epidemic of Coronavirus pneumonia, on 25 last January at F?lix Houphou?t-Boigny Airport in Abidjan, that " to date, her general condition is satisfactory ".

The 34-year-old Ivorian student living in Beijing, who presented this flu syndrome having been taken care of by national health professionals, prepared for this type of health emergency, according to the spokesperson, presents "a satisfactory state".

However, faced with the threat of this epidemic, given the movement of populations, the government has implemented the following measures: strengthening health control at airport, sea and land borders; dissemination of guidelines on epidemiological surveillance of pneumonia to departmental health directors; strengthening of the diagnostic capacity of the Institut Pasteur in C?te d'Ivoire for the confirmation of suspected cases.
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The test results will be known tonight:

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SUSPECT CASE OF # CORONAVIRUS IN ABIDJAN: results are negative

On Saturday January 25, 2020 the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene was alerted by the airport authorities of Abidjan of the presence of a patient in an aircraft coming from Beijing in China. This patient was immediately taken care of by the services of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. Samples were taken and sent to the laboratory for analysis. This Wednesday, January 29, 2020, the results of the samples analyzed by the pastor institutes of C?te d'Ivoire and Paris were negative for the coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Following the treatments received, the patient is doing well and returned to the family home today.



I address my thanks to the airport authorities, to the competent services of my department including the National Institute of Public Hygiene (INHP), the Pasteur Institute of C?te d'Ivoire (IPCI), the Emergency Medical Aid Service (SAMU) ) and the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Service (SMIT) of the Treichville University Hospital for the prompt and effective management of this emergency.
I extend my thanks to the patient and her family who have shown understanding and cooperation.
It is the place to remind the populations of the respect of the prevention measures in force in particular:
o Avoid close contact with people suffering from acute respiratory infections;
o Wash your hands frequently, especially after direct contact with sick people or their environment;
o Avoid unprotected contact with farmed or wild animals;
o Use a tissue to sneeze and cough and throw it in a trash can, otherwise sneeze and cough in the elbow and wash your hands regularly with soap and water.
o Go to the nearest health center in case of fever, cough and breathing difficulties.
People are invited not to panic and to call 143 (toll free number) for any information.

Abidjan January 29, 2020

Dr Eug?ne AKA AOUELE

https://www.facebook.com/Mshpci/