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Africa Horn
Rift Valley Fever kills 92 people in Sudan
2007-11-15
KHARTOUM - Rift Valley Fever has killed 92 people in Sudan since reports of an outbreak surfaced a week ago and it is still spreading, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. A WHO spokeswoman said the latest figures showed 314 known human cases in Sudan, up from 228 reported six days ago, with a death rate of just under 30 percent.

The UN body has started holding daily meetings to monitor the spread of the disease.
Meetings, by gum, that'll stop the spread of disease!
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said it had sent an animal health expert to Sudan to help the government contain any outbreak in livestock and said Sudan had already reported some animal infections to the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health. National daily Alray Alam also reported a number of SudanÂ’s key trading partners, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, had already imposed temporary bans on imports and the movement of Sudanese animals over their borders.

But Khartoum denied making any such report on Wednesday and the Ministry of Animal Resources said there were no confirmed cases in herds despite the outbreak among humans.
"Lies! All lies!"
Posted by:Steve White

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