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February 5, 2020
7 dead in Congo fever outbreak in Mali
Seven people have died in an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, also known as Congo fever, in a village in central Mali, an official said.
Yacouba Maiga, the spokesperson for the regional government of the central Mopti region, said that a shepherd "contracted the illness from an ox" in the village of Samoa in late January.
He was treated but the disease surfaced again on February 1 infecting 14 people and killing five, the official said.
Two other patients died while being transported to the town of Sevare, in central Mali, for treatment...
February 5, 2020
7 dead in Congo fever outbreak in Mali
Seven people have died in an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, also known as Congo fever, in a village in central Mali, an official said.
Yacouba Maiga, the spokesperson for the regional government of the central Mopti region, said that a shepherd "contracted the illness from an ox" in the village of Samoa in late January.
He was treated but the disease surfaced again on February 1 infecting 14 people and killing five, the official said.
Two other patients died while being transported to the town of Sevare, in central Mali, for treatment...
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