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Monkey pox: the "good news" for Guinea...
CONAKRY-Guinea has just been cited by the WHO (World Health Organization) among the countries having recorded suspected cases of monkey pox in Africa. What is the number of suspected cases recorded to date? Should we be worried about it?
Africaguinee.com interviewed an official of the national health security agency (Anss) on this subject. According to the researcher in the surveillance department of the Anss, Guinea has actually recorded eight suspected cases of monkey pox. But after checking in Dakar in a reference institute, all of them turned out to be negative.
"There were eight (8) suspected cases in the Republic of Guinea. These cases were detected in the prefecture of Mali, in the middle of Guinea. The samples were tested at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar but all were found to be negative" , said Dr. Sory Condé.
On a mission as part of government immersion, Dr. Bachir Kanté, adviser to the Ministry of Health whom we contacted, also indicated that the department had not received a notification relating to the presence of cases of monkeypox. in Guinea.
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Siddy Koundara Diallo
For Africaguinee.com
Phone: (00224) 655 311 114
Created on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 3:50 PM
https://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2022/06/18/variole-de-singe-la-bonne-nouvelle-pour-la-guinee
Monkey pox: the "good news" for Guinea...
CONAKRY-Guinea has just been cited by the WHO (World Health Organization) among the countries having recorded suspected cases of monkey pox in Africa. What is the number of suspected cases recorded to date? Should we be worried about it?
Africaguinee.com interviewed an official of the national health security agency (Anss) on this subject. According to the researcher in the surveillance department of the Anss, Guinea has actually recorded eight suspected cases of monkey pox. But after checking in Dakar in a reference institute, all of them turned out to be negative.
"There were eight (8) suspected cases in the Republic of Guinea. These cases were detected in the prefecture of Mali, in the middle of Guinea. The samples were tested at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar but all were found to be negative" , said Dr. Sory Condé.
On a mission as part of government immersion, Dr. Bachir Kanté, adviser to the Ministry of Health whom we contacted, also indicated that the department had not received a notification relating to the presence of cases of monkeypox. in Guinea.
...
Siddy Koundara Diallo
For Africaguinee.com
Phone: (00224) 655 311 114
Created on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 3:50 PM
https://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2022/06/18/variole-de-singe-la-bonne-nouvelle-pour-la-guinee