Angola reconfirms Marburg virus control
Angolan deputy minister of health, Jose Van-Dunem, has confirmed Friday the control of the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Marburg virus, that killed more than 350 people in northern Uje province.
Speaking local media, the government official spoke of the need for more physicians and health infrastructures in Uje province.
Jose Van-Dunem praised the effort made by the teams involved in the fight against the Marburg virus, including the National Commission of Fight Against Disasters and Emergencies, the international community, among other public and private entities, above all, for holding the disease within Uje limits, avoiding its spread into other provinces.
According to statistics from the United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF), 700 people lost their parents or relatives, 105 of which being below five years of age.
The epidemic outbreak is considered as eradicated after 21 weeks without any new case.
Source: Xinhua
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Two suspected cases of Marburg in Songo were Meneigits (N. Uige province) [Ed. Note. Sure it was.]
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Two young interned in the room of security of the Municipal Hospital of the Songo, under suspicion of Marbug, is not possibly infectados by this illness, but by bacterial meningite or the meningococica. Second technician of the health in the place, the young, one of 19 years of age and another one of 16, belongs to a family of six members, which four had supposedly died of Marbug between June the principles of this month, in the new quarter Chain of the Songo.the same ones, had been only interned by having had contact with the four deceased members. After some interned days, one of the young one complained of fever and lumbar migraines and what it took the doctors to efectuarem a lumbar punção to it, in which had removed a pulorento liquid to it, what he is not characteristic in carrying people of hemorrhagic fever for Marbug, but yes meningite. to judge for the diagnosis of the doctors, is presumed that the cited family, or either, the four people had not died infectados for the Marbug. However, samples had been sent for Luanda, in the direction of if wasting all the doubts, for that, still today diágnostico. will be able to be known which true the technician had informed that the young is to be medicated and is to react well. They had added that he will have confirmed himself that is menigite, then will be able itself to be believed in the existence of an epidemic in the city of the Songo, what he will take the sanitary authorities to carry through a campaign of vaccination in that zone and part of the municipio of the Uíge. How much to another family of the Cazola village, where die seven members, the technician had confirmed to be Marbug, to judge for the symptoms presented for the last person who faleceu in day 21 of this month.