Senegal - Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreak 2025

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Crimean Congo fever: one death recorded in the Kaffrine region

Thursday January 23, 2025

The health district of Birkilane, located in the Kaffrine region, recorded one death among the two cases of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever confirmed in this department. The announcement was made by the Regional Director of Health, Doctor Mbaye Thiam.

"The Birkilane health district has reported two cases of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever. One of the two cases has died, the other is progressing favorably," he revealed during a telephone interview with APS.

According to Dr. Thiam, 51 identified contact cases are currently being monitored by the competent services. He invited the population to remain calm and to go to hospitals at the first symptoms for early treatment.

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever is a disease transmitted from animals to humans via ticks, the Ministry of Health recalled, after the appearance of the first case at the end of April 2023. The virus is carried by wild and domestic animals. Its transmission to humans occurs through "direct contact with blood or tissues of infected animals".

https://lesoleil.sn/actualites/sante/fievre-de-crimee-congo-un-deces-enregistre-dans-la-region-de-kaffrine/

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Ministry of Health and Social Action
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Situation report No. 01 of January 21, 2025 on the response to the Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever epidemic, Kaffrine, Senegal.

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SENEGAL-SANTE-POINT / "There are no more Crimean Congo cases in Kaffrine", according to the DRS

published February 18, 2025 at 10:04 a.m.

Kaffrine, February 18 (APS) – The region of Kaffrine no longer has any cases of Crimean Congo fever, after the recovery of the patients who were registered there, assured its regional health director (DRS), Doctor Mbaye Thiam.

"There are no more cases of Crimean Congo fever in the Kaffrine region. All the sick have recovered and left the hospital. It is now over for this disease," he said in an interview with APS.

Dr. Thiam praised the "strong involvement" of health professionals and administrative authorities in eradicating this disease in the Kaffrine region.

Two cases of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever, including one death, had been recorded in the health district of Birkilane. Around fifty identified contact cases were also being monitored in this region in the centre of the country.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a disease transmitted from animals to humans through the bite of ticks of the genus Hyalomma, recalled the Minister of Health and Social Action, Ibrahima Sy, after the appearance of the first case at the end of April.

The virus is carried by wild and domestic animals. Its transmission to humans occurs through direct contact with the blood or tissues of infected animals.

https://aps.sn/il-ny-a-plus-de-cas-crimee-congo-a-kaffrine-selon-le-drs/