A patient at a hospital on the outskirts of Dakar tested positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), according to a statement made by the Senegalese Ministry of Health.
According to a health ministry statement published late Saturday, the sickness was initially diagnosed on April 21 at Guediawaye’s Dalal Jamm hospital. A health emergency task group is in charge of the issue.
According to the World Health Organization, in addition to being transferred by ticks, CCHF may be passed from person to person by direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids. The mortality toll ranged from 10% to 40%.
CCHF symptoms include fever, muscle aches, disorientation, light sensitivity, and vomiting, and it may lead to organ failure and internal bleeding; it is widespread in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East, and numerous Asian countries. It was found for the first time in Crimea in 1944.
The latest African diseases have not traveled far. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control, Mauritania had the most recent outbreak in 2003, with 35 cases and six deaths. In South Africa, there were 17 cases and five deaths in 2011.
