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  • Cameroon- Ebola surveillance 2014

    Source: http://www.camer.be/35297/13:1/camer...-cameroon.html

    Google translation:

    Cameroon: False alarm Ebola Douala CAMEROON ::


    Cameroon, Cameroon: False alarm Ebola Douala Persistent fever of a Chinese patient eventually died yesterday of kidney failure at the origin of the rumor.

    Interned since Friday Laquintinie Hospital Douala, Mr. Ziang, mechanical engineer of 49 years, died yesterday, August 10, 2014, while he was being evacuated to the general hospital, with a view to dialysis. Official sources, CT learned yesterday that the Chinese patient passed away as a result of kidney failure, diagnosed after other ailments that would have led in some clinical space before arriving at Laquintinie. Including fulminant hepatitis B with hemorrhagic syndrome, discovered after examinations and laboratory analyzes.

    Manifestations of his disease are probably at the origin of the rumor that circulated in the city of Douala and beyond this weekend rumor that a case of Ebola virus have been registered in the commercial capital. Phone calls and other messages have multiplied - until yesterday.

    The regional committee for prevention and luttecontre epidemics, chaired by Governor Joseph Beti Assomo followed this case closely and assurances were given to the reporter CT. The evil that unfortunately killed Dr. Ziang, "Chinese living in Douala long" and whose "last travel out of Cameroon was six months ago, "is not Ebola. Scourge against which a prevention and control is in place.
    ? Source: Cameroon Tribune

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    Re: Cameroon: False alarm regarding ebola case in Douala

    Translation Google

    Thursday, August 28, 2014 by African Press Agency (APA ?)

    Cameroon: false alarm of an Ebola case came from Nigeria

    A false alarm of Ebola was reported in Cameroon, following the detention of a Nigerian citizen in a border hospital in Maroua, extreme north , bordering Nigeria.

    According to health officials, a careful diagnosis of the patient allowed to reach the conclusion that the patient is not suffering from Ebola, an unequivocal position confirmed by tests conducted at the Pasteur Centre in Yaounde.

    "This is once again a false alarm of Ebola," said health authorities, before reassuring that for the moment, Cameroon is spared by this disease.

    Two weeks ago, a false alarm of an Ebola case was given through SMS while the patient of Chinese nationality who was sick and hospitalized at the hospital Laquintinie (Central) in Douala was suffering from other disease.

    It is moreover to guard against the Ebola fever that Cameroon has decided to close all its borders with Nigeria which faces this viral disease, as well as air travel with countries facing this epidemic were suspended to Cameroon.

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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