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Ebola: First alarm in Bangui, a patient of 14 years old in quarantine
September 3, 2014 6:44 p.m. (Last updated September 3, 2014 18:45)
The minister of Health of Central African invited the public to serenity "pending test results" provided in the evening.
A patient of 14 years was quarantined Wednesday morning at Children's Hospital of Bangui, waiting for test results, provided in the evening, after showing symptoms of Ebola infection, reported the correspondent Anadolu.
The girl was brought from the other side of Oubangu River in lieu of river border between the CAR and the DRC, bleeding from the nose and showing signs of fever, according to sources at the pediatric hospital. She was first taken to hospital Elisabeth Domitian Bimbo, on the southern outskirts of Bangui, before oriented towards the pediatric complex.
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Staff who received the child, both at the hospital Domitian and the pediatric complex was identified and quarantined, according to the Minister of Public Health, Marguerite Mal?avo Samba, who has visited the pediatric complex.
"The clinical picture presented by this child can be caused by an infection or something else than Ebola. But, as we are in a context of Ebola, we remain Vigilant ....
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Radio Ndeke Luka (RCA) 03/09/2014:
Ebola Alert: no reason to panic, according to the Ministry of Health
Rumours of a case of Ebola fever at the pediatric Complex of Bangui in Central African Republic, have caused panic, forcing the government to intervene to reassure the population. Suspicions were born after the transfer, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), of a child who suffered from bloody diarrhea with fever.
After being admitted to the Elisabeth Hospital Domitian in the Municipality of Bimbo, the child was transferred to the Paediatric Complex Wednesday morning in Bangui.
The Minister of Public Health, Marguerite Samba Maliavo, explained that the patient was quarantined, and all health care providers who had cared for him from Bimbo to the pediatric complex.
She said the results of the Pasteur Institute of Bangui were expected in the afternoon. "The clinical picture of this sick child can be caused by infection or several other things than Ebola. As we are in a context of Ebola, we remain vigilant to isolate these patients to investigate, "said the minister. "I take this opportunity to tell the people to remain calm. There is no panic. We have not yet reported any cases of Ebola in our country. We continue epidemiological surveillance. We ask panicked mothers who fled to neighborhoods with their children bring them back to the pediatric complex, "she said.
As for checkpoints to be installed along the Oubangui River, on the border with the DRC, the Minister of Public Health said it expected the disbursement of funds.
But in the streets of Bangui it is already the impatience. "If the medical emergency actions drag on, what will happen to the Central Africans if Ebola virus actually comes in CAR? " do we questioned.
The Ebola outbreak has killed 31 people in the DRC since August 11, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes, however, that it remains circumscribed.
Ebola: First alarm in Bangui, a patient of 14 years old in quarantine
September 3, 2014 6:44 p.m. (Last updated September 3, 2014 18:45)
The minister of Health of Central African invited the public to serenity "pending test results" provided in the evening.
A patient of 14 years was quarantined Wednesday morning at Children's Hospital of Bangui, waiting for test results, provided in the evening, after showing symptoms of Ebola infection, reported the correspondent Anadolu.
The girl was brought from the other side of Oubangu River in lieu of river border between the CAR and the DRC, bleeding from the nose and showing signs of fever, according to sources at the pediatric hospital. She was first taken to hospital Elisabeth Domitian Bimbo, on the southern outskirts of Bangui, before oriented towards the pediatric complex.
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Staff who received the child, both at the hospital Domitian and the pediatric complex was identified and quarantined, according to the Minister of Public Health, Marguerite Mal?avo Samba, who has visited the pediatric complex.
"The clinical picture presented by this child can be caused by an infection or something else than Ebola. But, as we are in a context of Ebola, we remain Vigilant ....
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Radio Ndeke Luka (RCA) 03/09/2014:
Ebola Alert: no reason to panic, according to the Ministry of Health
Rumours of a case of Ebola fever at the pediatric Complex of Bangui in Central African Republic, have caused panic, forcing the government to intervene to reassure the population. Suspicions were born after the transfer, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), of a child who suffered from bloody diarrhea with fever.
After being admitted to the Elisabeth Hospital Domitian in the Municipality of Bimbo, the child was transferred to the Paediatric Complex Wednesday morning in Bangui.
The Minister of Public Health, Marguerite Samba Maliavo, explained that the patient was quarantined, and all health care providers who had cared for him from Bimbo to the pediatric complex.
She said the results of the Pasteur Institute of Bangui were expected in the afternoon. "The clinical picture of this sick child can be caused by infection or several other things than Ebola. As we are in a context of Ebola, we remain vigilant to isolate these patients to investigate, "said the minister. "I take this opportunity to tell the people to remain calm. There is no panic. We have not yet reported any cases of Ebola in our country. We continue epidemiological surveillance. We ask panicked mothers who fled to neighborhoods with their children bring them back to the pediatric complex, "she said.
As for checkpoints to be installed along the Oubangui River, on the border with the DRC, the Minister of Public Health said it expected the disbursement of funds.
But in the streets of Bangui it is already the impatience. "If the medical emergency actions drag on, what will happen to the Central Africans if Ebola virus actually comes in CAR? " do we questioned.
The Ebola outbreak has killed 31 people in the DRC since August 11, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes, however, that it remains circumscribed.
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