Kaffrine region
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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".
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