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@kfm Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:08:50

Contact-tracing intensified following confirmation of Rift Valley Fever death in Mubende

Mubende District health authorities have intensified their contact tracing exercise following confirmation of a case of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This is after the district received results from surveillance laboratory and a communication from the National emergency operations centre confirming Rift Valley Fever in a patient who was being managed from Mubende regional referral hospital. According to the acting District Health Officer Mary Namusoke, the patient who died on June 16th was a resident of Kigando sub-county. She adds that two human and three animal samples have been picked and sent for laboratory investigations. Namusoke says they have also activated the district task force and Village Health Teams for which she is suggesting a refresher training. “Our immediate response so […]

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