Morocco : A 4 year old child dies of meningitis in Casablanca (Ministry of Health)
Ministry of Health services in the region of Grand Casablanca registered a case of death from meningococcal germ meningococcus B confirmed by laboratory examination, it is a four year old child enrolled in a crèche in the Prefecture of Moulay Rachid district, the establishment was closed by the local authorities.
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According to a statement from the Ministry of Health received on Wednesday by MAP, the same services were also informed of the "death of a family member of the child, a woman aged 80 years and another child three years and half educated in the same crib, without bacteriological confirmation. "
"The public health and epidemiological surveillance identified during their investigation, the deplorable conditions of crowding at the center, which crammed in a very large number of young children over 80 children per room, "says the same source.
" On being informed, local authorities ordered the closure of the nursery," the ministry said.
"The Regional Directorate of Health for Casablanca has mobilised a team of doctors, nurses and managers to carry out epidemiological surveillance investigations and examinations on the three cases, and to administer chemoprophylaxis to families and the entourage of the deceased.Health services are conducting preventive vaccination of contacts and cases of infected people "said the same source.
Each year, the services of the Department notifies an annual average of 1,000 cases of meningitis all forms. "This year, 900 cases of meningitis were recorded until today with a case fatality rate among persons with 9 pc, which is the average for several countries in the world, according to data from the World Health Organization" the statement concluded.
"The public health and epidemiological surveillance identified during their investigation, the deplorable conditions of crowding at the center, which crammed in a very large number of young children over 80 children per room, "says the same source.
" On being informed, local authorities ordered the closure of the nursery," the ministry said.
"The Regional Directorate of Health for Casablanca has mobilised a team of doctors, nurses and managers to carry out epidemiological surveillance investigations and examinations on the three cases, and to administer chemoprophylaxis to families and the entourage of the deceased.Health services are conducting preventive vaccination of contacts and cases of infected people "said the same source.
Each year, the services of the Department notifies an annual average of 1,000 cases of meningitis all forms. "This year, 900 cases of meningitis were recorded until today with a case fatality rate among persons with 9 pc, which is the average for several countries in the world, according to data from the World Health Organization" the statement concluded.
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