The number of cases of monkey goddesses in Sierra Leone Since the beginning of the year, he reached 3,011, including 14 people who passed away after they were infected with that virus, the Ministry of Health, said today.
By mid-May, the health authorities reported 11 deaths and more than 2,045 cases of infection in the West African country, the statement said and adds that in the meantime, the number and infected and passened.
All 16 districts in Sierra Leone now have registered cases of monkey goddesses, the statement states and adds to increase the capacities in hospitals, adding a bed to receive several hundred patients.
“We have remodeled the police training center in order to allow 400 beds to accommodate patients,” Unnamed Ministry’s official and added that the NGO has sent financial assistance.
Monkey goddesses are manifested with a high temperature and the appearance of leather blisters.
The disease was identified for the first time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970. years, and long remained limited to a dozen African countries. The disease is 2022. years began to spread to the rest of the world, especially the developed countries where the virus was never circulating earlier.
The World Health Organization declared the highest level of alarm last year due to that disease.
(Vijesti.ba)
