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Malaria outbreak infects 13 in Aswan: Health ministry
Daily News Egypt / May 31, 2014 /
Ministry says it is taking preventative measures
By Kenneth Changpertitum
A malaria outbreak has infected 13 people in the Al-Adwa village of Edfu in Aswan, the Ministry of Health stated Friday evening.
The ministry added that all those infected are in stable condition and are receiving necessary treatment at the Edfu Fever Hospital and Aswan University Hospital. Two of the patients are expected to exit the hospital Saturday.
As a preventive measure, the ministry examined 561 people, conducted blood tests and collected mosquitoes in the area for examination, in addition to spraying down the habitats of mosquito larvae with insecticide.
Dr Amr Kandil, head of preventive medicine at the Ministry of Health, said the ministry sent a team from the Preventive Medicine Sector to one of the villages in the centre of Edfu in Aswan to monitor the scale of the outbreak, after the emergence of infected cases of malaria in the village...
Malaria outbreak infects 13 in Aswan: Health ministry
Daily News Egypt / May 31, 2014 /
Ministry says it is taking preventative measures
By Kenneth Changpertitum
A malaria outbreak has infected 13 people in the Al-Adwa village of Edfu in Aswan, the Ministry of Health stated Friday evening.
The ministry added that all those infected are in stable condition and are receiving necessary treatment at the Edfu Fever Hospital and Aswan University Hospital. Two of the patients are expected to exit the hospital Saturday.
As a preventive measure, the ministry examined 561 people, conducted blood tests and collected mosquitoes in the area for examination, in addition to spraying down the habitats of mosquito larvae with insecticide.
Dr Amr Kandil, head of preventive medicine at the Ministry of Health, said the ministry sent a team from the Preventive Medicine Sector to one of the villages in the centre of Edfu in Aswan to monitor the scale of the outbreak, after the emergence of infected cases of malaria in the village...