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Ebola in Beni: The assessment goes from 17 to 24 deaths out of the 32 documented cases
Posted on: 03/08/2018 at 12h28min44s
By Radio Moto Butembo-Beni
A few hours after confirmation by the Minister of Health of the existence of the Ebola virus epidemic in rural commune of MANGINA in the territory of Beni, community leaders in this municipality were made aware of measures to prevent this disease. The session was held on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018.
Dr. Germain KAMALIRO, MABALAKO Area Chief Medical Officer and KASEREKA KANDONDO, MANGINA's delegated officer, were involved in this meeting facilitated by a strong delegation of officials and health specialists from Goma.
The participants were asked to respect the rules of hygiene, to abstain from the consumption of smoked meats of which one does not know its origin and not to greet oneself by the hands. During the same meeting, the president of the NGO ASADHO called the inhabitants to calm. For him, the identification of the disease is a reassuring aspect of its eradication.
According to medical sources, the balance sheet has been revised upwards. It passes from 17 to 24 dead of the 32 cases already documented since the month of May 2018.
Posted on: 03/08/2018 at 12h28min44s
By Radio Moto Butembo-Beni
Ebola in Beni: The assessment goes from 17 to 24 deaths out of the 32 documented cases
Posted on: 03/08/2018 at 12h28min44s
By Radio Moto Butembo-Beni
A few hours after confirmation by the Minister of Health of the existence of the Ebola virus epidemic in rural commune of MANGINA in the territory of Beni, community leaders in this municipality were made aware of measures to prevent this disease. The session was held on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018.
Dr. Germain KAMALIRO, MABALAKO Area Chief Medical Officer and KASEREKA KANDONDO, MANGINA's delegated officer, were involved in this meeting facilitated by a strong delegation of officials and health specialists from Goma.
The participants were asked to respect the rules of hygiene, to abstain from the consumption of smoked meats of which one does not know its origin and not to greet oneself by the hands. During the same meeting, the president of the NGO ASADHO called the inhabitants to calm. For him, the identification of the disease is a reassuring aspect of its eradication.
According to medical sources, the balance sheet has been revised upwards. It passes from 17 to 24 dead of the 32 cases already documented since the month of May 2018.
Posted on: 03/08/2018 at 12h28min44s
By Radio Moto Butembo-Beni
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