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Congo fever case found in Oshikoto region
News - National | 2019-05-07
by Okeri Ngutjinazo
A 54-YEAR-OLD woman from Onethika village in the Oshikoto region was admitted to Onandjokwe Hospital after she was diagnosed with Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).
A letter written by acting Oshikoto regional health director, Helena Nkandi-Shiimi states that the woman went to the hospital on 21 April complaining of a headache, fever and vomiting blood after she got bitten by a tick around 18 April.
?The patient was sent home, and again reported at the Ontananga clinic on 26 April with the same complaints,? Nkandi-Shiimi said, adding that the patient was admitted, and tests were done on her blood, which discovered the virus...
Congo fever case found in Oshikoto region
News - National | 2019-05-07
by Okeri Ngutjinazo
A 54-YEAR-OLD woman from Onethika village in the Oshikoto region was admitted to Onandjokwe Hospital after she was diagnosed with Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).
A letter written by acting Oshikoto regional health director, Helena Nkandi-Shiimi states that the woman went to the hospital on 21 April complaining of a headache, fever and vomiting blood after she got bitten by a tick around 18 April.
?The patient was sent home, and again reported at the Ontananga clinic on 26 April with the same complaints,? Nkandi-Shiimi said, adding that the patient was admitted, and tests were done on her blood, which discovered the virus...
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