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Central African government announces outbreak of Rift Valley fever in northwest of country
French.news.cn | 2025-01-11 at 20:11
BANGUI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Central African government on Friday announced the outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in the northwest of the country, the health ministry said.
According to Pierre Somsé, Minister of Health and Population, the outbreak of RVF was discovered in Ngaoundaye, in the prefecture of Lim-Pendé.
From December 23, 2024 to January 8, 2025, five cases of RVF were detected. Among these cases, a sample was taken from a security guard, living in the Panna district and aged 23, then sent to Bangui, he continued.
"After the examination at the Pasteur Institute in Bangui, the Rift Valley fever epidemic is confirmed. Among these five cases, there is one death, a 70-year-old man who was struck down by this disease on January 2 died on the 3rd," said Mr. Somsé.
He said that this fever is transmitted from man to man or from animals, especially domestic animals, to man, including cattle, donkeys, sheep and goats. Symptoms of the disease include fever, severe headache, fatigue, and bleeding from the eyes, nose and gums.
The Central African minister called on the population to avoid handling suspect animals, to wash and disinfect their hands regularly, and to sleep under an impregnated mosquito net.
RVF is an African viral zoonosis, mainly affecting ruminant domestic animals and can be transmitted to humans. It manifests as a fever, often hemorrhagic in animals and sometimes (1% to 3% of cases) in humans. End
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Central African Republic: Ministry of Health declares Rift Valley fever epidemic
January 11, 2025
(Audio in French)
The Minister of Health announced, Friday, January 10 in Bangui, the appearance, on the Central African territory, of the Rift Valley fever epidemic. According to Dr. Pierre Somsé, five (5) suspected cases have been detected in the health district of Ngaoundaye, in the prefecture of Lim-Pendé, with already one confirmed death. Pierre Somsé is at the microphone of Sabrina Larissa Vinciane Naïlo .
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