Saturday, January 13, 2018

Black Death TWO: Girl, 9, drops dead as strange 'eye-bleeding fever' spreads...sure let's have open borders!

Black Death TWO: Girl, 9, drops dead as strange 'eye-bleeding fever' spreads 

A NEW disease is feared to become even more deadly than the Black Death that killed thousands in 2017 after it killed a nine-year-old child.
Health officials in UgandaGETTY
PANIC: Fears are growing of a disease in Africa that is 'deadlier' than the Black Death
The girl dropped dead with the symptoms of an extremely contagious viral disease than can kill up to 40% of all infected.
She had contracted the bizarre new disease with similarities to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
This disease — usually spread by tick bites or contact with infected livestock — can cause muscle pains, headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever patientsGETTY
OUTBREAK: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever causes diarrhoea, headaches and eye-bleeding
And panic is spreading after the sudden death of a girl in the Nakaseke District of Uganda.
A rapid response health team was rushed from the local hospital with a body bag to collect her and prevent any possible outbreak.
Health teams disinfected the girl's home after her death on Thursday night local time, but didn't give her grieving family any details about when they could have her body back.
Black Death cellsGETTY
DEADLY: The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is similar to the Black Death
Speaking to local media, family member Harriet Nalunkuma said: "We are stranded on what to do because the health teams took away the body.
"We are waiting for a communication regarding the burial arrangements."
Local district Health Officer Dr Badru Ssesimba confirmed that blood samples from the girl's body had been handed over to the Uganda Virus Research Institute, but wouldn't give more details.
Health officials in UgandaGETTY
WARNING: Health experts fear a repeat of the deadly plague outbreak that killed 1,000s in 2017
“We are stranded on what to do because the health teams took away the body”
Harriet Nalunkuma
Authorities at the hospital — who didn't want to be named — said that the body would be buried by health teams due to the "sensitivity" about a further outbreak.
But local officials in the East African country — which has been plagued by similar outbreaks recently — said this could be a completely new disease.

Uganda’s Ministry of Health denies outbreak of hemorrhagic fever

 
Last week Uganda's Ministry of Health denied claims by local officials in Nakaseke that Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever had broken out.
But Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwine confirmed that fluid and blood samples from the dead child are being tested to find out exactly what she died from.
This week MPs in Uganda's Parliament claimed there was a cover-up of a deadly plague outbreak in Uganda by the government.
Recently there were fears that a tribal 'Cleaning of Corpses' ritual in Indonesia could lead to a fresh Black Death outbreak.
And the World Health Organisation warned last week that an extra £3 million was needed by April to stop the return of Black Death.

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