Bleeding eyes fever COVER UP? Doctor confirms 11 deaths after authorities DENIED outbreak
DOCTORS claim the horrific “bleeding-eyes fever” sweeping Uganda has killed 11 people and accused health authorities of playing down the outbreak.
By Joshua Nevett
DailyStar.co.uk
30th January 2018
Health authorities in Uganda, in central Africa, have been accused of “concealing” cases of deadly Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).
In a blazing tweet, Sarah Opendi, Uganda’s minister for health, categorically stated “there is no Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Uganda”.
But the Health Ministry was forced to admit there was an outbreak after a nine-year-old girl from a village in the Nakaseke district tested positive for CCHF.
Now the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ugandan Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of two strains of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF).
Of the cases confirmed, the Health Ministry said four have died from the disease, which can cause victims to bleed from their orifices – including eyes, mouths and anuses.
But in a bombshell report, doctors from Nakaseke Hospital claim the death toll has risen to 11 – fueling claims officials are hiding cases.
In a press conference last week, Dr Diana Atwine, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, reported additional cases of the serious viral infections.
Speaking to the media alongside WHO officials, she said: “Since August 2017, when suspected cases were reported, four cases of the Crimean- Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) have been confirmed and five cases of the Rift Valley Fever (RVF).
“Unfortunately, we have lost three cases of the RVF from Kiboga, Buikwe and Mityana districts.
“The latest cases were reported on January 19.”
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