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Tshopo: A girl with signs of Ebola died in Kisangani
Posted on Mon, 10/09/2018 - 13:50 | Edited Mon, 10/09/2018 - 13:50
A 15-year-old girl with symptoms of Ebola died on Sunday (September 9th) at the Makiso Reference General Hospital in Kisangani (Tshopo). She died an hour after being rushed to hospital by her family members.
This is an alert given the outbreak reported in North Kivu province, says the head of the provincial health division / Tshopo, Dr. Francis Baelongandi.
The victim returned to Kisangani last week after spending her summer holidays in Mambassa territory in Ituri, reports Dr. Francis Baelongandi.
The same source says that the family saw fit to send her daughter to the hospital after a few days of high fever and headaches.
For the moment says Dr. Francis Baelongandi, about thirty contacts have been identified and are followed. Among them, 13 health providers and 26 other people in the family of the deceased and the immediate surroundings.
Samples were taken from the victim as well as contact persons to be sent to the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), says Dr. Baelongandi.
After the death of the patient, urgent measures were taken, including the disinfection of the hospital, the nursing staff, the family home of the deceased and the secure burial of the body.
Pending the results of analysis, measures of hygiene and sensitization on a large scale are recommended at this time, underlines the head doctor of provincial division of the Health.
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