Dakar, Sept. 29 -- Senegal's Health Minister Ibrahima Sy said that a recent outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in the northern Saint-Louis region has caused seven deaths.
Speaking at an epidemic control meeting in Saint-Louis on Sunday, Sy said that the health authorities, in coordination with the livestock department, are intensifying preventive and control measures to curb the further spread of the disease. The Saint-Louis region officially reported its first RVF cases on Thursday.
Boli Diop, head of epidemiological surveillance at the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, explained that RVF is a zoonotic disease caused by the RVF virus. While primarily transmitted among animals, it can also infect humans.
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