Rospotrebnadzor announced the strengthening of sanitary and quarantine control on flights from Egypt due to an epidemic of unknown disease in an African country.
According to media reports and the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, an unknown case of the disease has been recorded in the province of Qena (600 kilometers south of Cairo). Symptoms of the disease are similar to dengue fever. This is an acute zooanthroponotic (common in humans and animals) arbovirus infectious disease transmitted by the bites of blood-sucking arthropod vectors. It is characterized by the development of intoxication, fever, joint and hemorrhagic syndromes. The disease is common in tropical and subtropical regions of Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and North, Central and South America.
Tourists planning a vacation in Egypt should take precautions – wear clothing that covers the skin as much as possible, use insect repellents and pesticides (repellents and pesticides), and glass windows and doors indoors. On returning from the host country and in case of worsening, you should consult a doctor, be sure to tell him the place of your trip.
In the village of El Alikat, about 200 people have contracted a mysterious illness whose symptoms include high body temperature, aches, headaches and extreme fatigue.
Egypt’s Deputy Health Minister Amr Qandil said experts will spray the village with pesticides twice a day. Mosquito and sewage samples were also taken for analysis.
Previously in Rospotrebnadzor saidWhether there are encephalitic mites in Moscow.
Source: Gazeta
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