An outbreak of a mysterious disease in Tanzania: 5 people have already died

The Tanzanian government has sent a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious illness that has claimed the lives of five people. Writes about it Arab News.

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The disease was found in "a total of seven people with symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding in various parts of the body and kidney failure," the Health Ministry said in a statement.

The government has sent a rapid response team to the northwestern region of Kagera, which borders Uganda, to investigate a "contagious disease," Tanzania's chief medical officer, Tumaini Nagu, said in a statement.

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“Samples were taken from patients and deceased to determine the source and type of illness,” she said, urging the public to remain calm but take precautions to avoid infection.

The investigation follows an Ebola outbreak in Uganda that lasted almost four months and killed 55 people before the government announced it was fading in January.

Last year, an outbreak of leptospirosis, or "rat fever", was identified in Tanzania, killing three people in the southeastern region of Lindi.

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The bacterial infection is usually spread through the consumption of water or food contaminated with the urine of infected animals.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hasan stated at the time that the disease could have been caused by a "growing interaction" between humans and wildlife as a result of environmental degradation.

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