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Three dengue cases reported in Senegal’s Ndiormi district

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Three dengue cases reported in Senegal’s Ndiormi district

Three cases of dengue have been reported in the Ndiormi health district, in Senegal’s Kédougou region, according to chief medical officer Ababacar Lèye. He urged people to seek medical advice quickly in case of a high fever, muscle pain or headaches and to protect themselves from mosquitoes, Seneweb reports.

Three cases of dengue have been reported in the Ndiormi health district in the Kédougou region, according to Dr Ababacar Lèye, chief medical officer of the Ndiormi secondary centre. Health teams collected samples as soon as indicative symptoms appeared, and the samples were then analysed with support from the Pasteur Institute station in Kédougou.

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