A few days after the launch of appeals in connection with the spread of “dengue fever” in several regions of Sudan, the Central Committee of Doctors of the country announced the emergence of another epidemic.
And she added in a statement on Wednesday that the new disease is unknown and has not yet been diagnosed.
100 hits
He also stated that he appeared in the Gereida region of South Darfur and has so far injured more than 100 people, but no deaths have yet been recorded.
She also reported that his symptoms included fever, body aches, agitation, and sudden loss of consciousness.
And documented video clips circulating on Sudanese sites of female students cheering and screaming in the hospital, according to those sites.
In turn, doctors at the Gereida hospital in the Sudanese state of South Darfur reported that more than 100 strange convulsions had been admitted to the hospital from yesterday to this morning.
In a statement to Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadas, they added that the victims complained of headaches and pain in the neck and back, some of which were accompanied by convulsions and violent screaming.
They also watched the incidence increase, explaining that when they are sedated with drugs for a few hours, they soon return to their previous state.
Jacob al-Malik, a local leader in the region, added that most of the cases received concerned girls from Gereida High School.
While Leila Hamad Al-Nil, who is in charge of the Department of Response and Epidemic Control at the Federal Ministry of Health, confirmed that the ministry has not yet confirmed the nature of the widespread fevers, stressing that the ministry’s laboratories will examine the samples upon their arrival. announce the results.
Dengue sweeps the country
These events come days after Sudanese authorities announced the emergence of “dengue fever” in 8 states, as well as an increase in cases of malaria.
The Ministry of Health also said at the time that injuries had affected the states of Greater Darfur and Kordofan, as well as the Red Sea, Kassala and the White Nile.
She added that the state of North Darfur has so far been hardest hit by the disease as hundreds of people have been infected, noting that hundreds of cases of malaria have also emerged.
At the same time, local authorities in North Darfur appealed to the central authorities and international organizations to urgently intervene to limit the spread of diseases.
Notably, Sudan is suffering from several life crises, most notably economic issues such as tax hikes, poverty and unemployment, as well as a weak healthcare system in the country due to the coronavirus crisis.
