On 12 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Podor District, Saint-Louis region, in the northwest. The first confirmed case is a 38-year-old woman who presented with fever, headache, fatigue, and hemorrhagic symptoms. She died on 7 August due to complications by the virus. A second case who is a contact of the first one has been detected positive on 14 August. The CCHF virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with a case fatality rate of 10 to 40 per cent.
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Wikipedia
Population: 16.74 million (2020) World Bank
Currency: West African CFA franc
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