Nigeria outbreak of epidemic hot sand, 40 people were killed

Confucius News department reported that Nigeria points, Nigeria's health minister Mr Bush · QiuKu brezhnev on February 21, published a statement, said six weeks ago outbreak of epidemic situation, hot sand in Nigeria has 12 states spread, has left 397 people infected, 40 people were killed.

QiuKu said the dead included two doctors and four nurses. Health department has to epidemics of the outbreak in the transport used in the treatment of the hot sand and ribavirin injection and antiviral drugs, and sending medical personnel to guide epidemic prevention and control work around. Nigeria people also can call special hotline telephone consultation.

QiuKu said, Nigeria has the ability to pull sand heat treatment and has no restrictions on travel to the region.

Pull sand hot is a kind of pull sand virus called caused acute viral infection, popular in the west African nation of Liberia, sierra leone, guinea and Nigeria. The virus is west Africa host rats. Pull sand heat is foggy or through direct contact with the infected rodent excrement and infected, but also can directly through the patient in the fever period spread. Human infection virus can cause hemorrhagic fever, serious when cause death.