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WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 43: 21 to 27 October 2024
Data as reported by: 17:00; 27 October 2024
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All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
Country Niger
Event Dengue
Grade 3
Date notified to WCO 30-Oct-24
Start of reporting period 16-Oct-24
End of reporting period 30-Oct-24
Total cases 4
Cases Confirmed 1
Deaths 1
CFR 25%
On 30 October 2024, WHO was notified of a confirmed dengue fever case in a 34-year-old male wood seller who presented at the National Hospital of Niamey on 16 October 2024 with fever, headache, vomiting, hiccups, cough, epigastralgia, epistaxis, myalgia, and arthralgia. Samples tested on 23 October 2024 by RT-PCR at the Center for Medical Research and Health (CERMES) of Niamey returned positive for dengue. Three suspected dengue cases from the same family as the confirmed case tested negative for dengue. Active case search and entomological investigations are ongoing.
https://www.afro.who.int/publicatio...-other-emergencies-week-43-21-27-october-2024
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 43: 21 to 27 October 2024
Data as reported by: 17:00; 27 October 2024
...
All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
Country Niger
Event Dengue
Grade 3
Date notified to WCO 30-Oct-24
Start of reporting period 16-Oct-24
End of reporting period 30-Oct-24
Total cases 4
Cases Confirmed 1
Deaths 1
CFR 25%
On 30 October 2024, WHO was notified of a confirmed dengue fever case in a 34-year-old male wood seller who presented at the National Hospital of Niamey on 16 October 2024 with fever, headache, vomiting, hiccups, cough, epigastralgia, epistaxis, myalgia, and arthralgia. Samples tested on 23 October 2024 by RT-PCR at the Center for Medical Research and Health (CERMES) of Niamey returned positive for dengue. Three suspected dengue cases from the same family as the confirmed case tested negative for dengue. Active case search and entomological investigations are ongoing.
https://www.afro.who.int/publicatio...-other-emergencies-week-43-21-27-october-2024