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| Ummy Mwalimu, the Tanzania's Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elders and Children |
The World Health Organization (WHO) is accusing Tanzania of not sharing information about alleged Ebola cases in the country.
WHO has revealed that they were made aware of Ebola in Tanzania
on September 10 after the death of a patient in Dar es Salaam.
“Identified contacts of the deceased were unofficially reported
to be quarantined in various sites in the country,” VOA quoted the
agency adding that the woman was reported dead on September 8.
The deceased, a 34-year-old woman, is said to have traveled to
Uganda according to information from WHO as cited in the VOA report.
She had allegedly been suffering Ebola-like symptoms such as
headache, fever, rash and bloody diarrhea since August 10.
WHO alleges that Tanzania has had two other possible Ebola cases
but one tested negative while information on the other patient is scanty.
The Government however denies the claims saying it there were no
suspected cases of Ebola in Tanzania.
Tanzania is heavily reliant on tourism and an outbreak of Ebola
would likely lead to a dip in visitor numbers, news agencies say.
Authorities in east and central Africa have been on high alert
over possible spill-overs of Ebola from the Democratic Republic of Congo where
a year-long outbreak has killed over 2,000 people.
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| An Ugandan health worker shows an information flyer on Ebola virus and how to prevent its spread to the community of Kirembo village, near the boarder with the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Kasese district, Uganda, June 15,2019 |
According to the BBC, the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC in
August last year was the biggest of the 10 outbreaks since 1976 when the virus
was first discovered. - Citizen Digital
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