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RCA: "There is no Ebola Virus Disease in Central Africa!"
Thursday October 17th, 2019 14:04
The Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Pierre Soms?, has formally denied the rumors of the presence of Ebola virus disease in the Central African Republic, following the cases of 14 people suspected of having presented the signs of this disease in the C?lime village 35 km from Rafa? in Mbomou. In a statement made on October 16, 2019 in Bangui, the government member said there is no " Ebola virus disease in the Central African Republic ".
" On Sunday, October 13, 2019, the Ministry of Health and Population recorded a case alert of people with fever and signs of bleeding, including bleeding from the nose, mouth, bloody diarrhea, the locality of C?lime located 35 km from Rafa? and 120 km from Bangassou, "said Minister Pierre Soms? .
Samples were taken from the presumed patients to determine if it was really Ebola fever, but the results were negative. " On October 15, 2019, blood samples taken from these patients, numbering 14, were sent to the Institut Pasteur laboratory in Bangui, and the results of the analysis carried out on the night of October 15, 2019, reveal that the samples tested are negative for the search for the Ebola virus disease, "reassured Minister Soms? .
To ensure the health of the population and prevent the virus can reach the Central African territory, " the Ministry of Health has taken appropriate control measures, " said the head of the department. Dr. Pierre Soms? also specified that these measures involve " the establishment of a site of isolation, the free care of the sick, the strengthening of the surveillance of the disease by the active search for possible cases, the staffing of the affected area with equipment and medicines ".
Preventive measures (health surveillance sites) had been taken in Haut Mbomou, south-eastern Central African Republic, to counter Ebola haemorrhagic fever, declared on 17 July 2019 "global health emergency" in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the WHO.
Although no case of Ebola fever is yet detected in the Central African Republic, this disease represents a real danger for the country, because of its proximity to DR Congo and its trade with Uganda.
RCA: "There is no Ebola Virus Disease in Central Africa!"
Thursday October 17th, 2019 14:04
The Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Pierre Soms?, has formally denied the rumors of the presence of Ebola virus disease in the Central African Republic, following the cases of 14 people suspected of having presented the signs of this disease in the C?lime village 35 km from Rafa? in Mbomou. In a statement made on October 16, 2019 in Bangui, the government member said there is no " Ebola virus disease in the Central African Republic ".
" On Sunday, October 13, 2019, the Ministry of Health and Population recorded a case alert of people with fever and signs of bleeding, including bleeding from the nose, mouth, bloody diarrhea, the locality of C?lime located 35 km from Rafa? and 120 km from Bangassou, "said Minister Pierre Soms? .
Samples were taken from the presumed patients to determine if it was really Ebola fever, but the results were negative. " On October 15, 2019, blood samples taken from these patients, numbering 14, were sent to the Institut Pasteur laboratory in Bangui, and the results of the analysis carried out on the night of October 15, 2019, reveal that the samples tested are negative for the search for the Ebola virus disease, "reassured Minister Soms? .
To ensure the health of the population and prevent the virus can reach the Central African territory, " the Ministry of Health has taken appropriate control measures, " said the head of the department. Dr. Pierre Soms? also specified that these measures involve " the establishment of a site of isolation, the free care of the sick, the strengthening of the surveillance of the disease by the active search for possible cases, the staffing of the affected area with equipment and medicines ".
Preventive measures (health surveillance sites) had been taken in Haut Mbomou, south-eastern Central African Republic, to counter Ebola haemorrhagic fever, declared on 17 July 2019 "global health emergency" in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the WHO.
Although no case of Ebola fever is yet detected in the Central African Republic, this disease represents a real danger for the country, because of its proximity to DR Congo and its trade with Uganda.
