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Dilolo: forty cases of measles reported, already four deaths
Published 10 hours, 20 minutes under News, Katanga, Health.
A measles epidemic struck last week a dozen villages in the territory of Dilolo in its borders with Angola and Zambia, in the province of Katanga.
According to preliminary information provided on this subject, the disease would have come from Angola. The first cases are those of four children from two families that have been contaminated by a little girl came from Angola.
Three other children in the village of Katoka were also contaminated, two days after the first cases were discovered.
To date, forty children suffer from measles in several villages including Dilolo Muyeye, Mango, Katoka, Katende and others.
The balance sheet reported four deaths already recorded.
Samples collected and sent to Kinshasa at the National Institute for Biological Research (INRB) were found positive.
Eight other samples were also sent in the same structure.
Following the outcome of the review on these samples, health authorities will dispose of the epidemic threshold and decide whether to declare the epidemic.
The villages along the Zambian border of the territory are not spared. This is the case and Mungulunga Lungenda.
A total of four dead are counted. Another patient was detected at Kafankumba in the territory of Sandoa, far from the Angolan and Zambian borders.
A large meeting was convened by the Health District this Tuesday, October 19 Kasaj to take stock with partners.
Already PARSS and MSF provided inputs to cope with the disease.
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/201...e-cas-de-rougeole-declares-deja-quatre-morts/
Dilolo: forty cases of measles reported, already four deaths
Published 10 hours, 20 minutes under News, Katanga, Health.
A measles epidemic struck last week a dozen villages in the territory of Dilolo in its borders with Angola and Zambia, in the province of Katanga.
According to preliminary information provided on this subject, the disease would have come from Angola. The first cases are those of four children from two families that have been contaminated by a little girl came from Angola.
Three other children in the village of Katoka were also contaminated, two days after the first cases were discovered.
To date, forty children suffer from measles in several villages including Dilolo Muyeye, Mango, Katoka, Katende and others.
The balance sheet reported four deaths already recorded.
Samples collected and sent to Kinshasa at the National Institute for Biological Research (INRB) were found positive.
Eight other samples were also sent in the same structure.
Following the outcome of the review on these samples, health authorities will dispose of the epidemic threshold and decide whether to declare the epidemic.
The villages along the Zambian border of the territory are not spared. This is the case and Mungulunga Lungenda.
A total of four dead are counted. Another patient was detected at Kafankumba in the territory of Sandoa, far from the Angolan and Zambian borders.
A large meeting was convened by the Health District this Tuesday, October 19 Kasaj to take stock with partners.
Already PARSS and MSF provided inputs to cope with the disease.
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/201...e-cas-de-rougeole-declares-deja-quatre-morts/
