Iraqi communication sites are witnessing a great interaction and increasing warnings of “hemorrhagic fever”, which Iraq faces the most violent waves after the Ministry of Health announced the record of 296 confirmed injuries so far.
According to the 25/25/25 episode of the “Networks” program, Iraq recorded the first injury in its history with this disease in the late seventies of the last century, but the current wave is the most violent due to the increasing spread of “Crimea/Congo” flesh.
The Iraqi Ministry of Health said that 42 deaths were recorded since the beginning of this year, and that Dhi Qar Governorate is the highest in terms of the number of people with 114 cases, including 11 deaths.
Hemorrhagic fever is a group of viral diseases that are transmitted across several methods, such as mosquitoes or ticks, or touching a person’s body or an infected animal.
Symptoms of the disease include high fever, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, nausea, and bleeding in severe cases.
The World Health Organization says that these diseases are characterized by high death rates due to the lack of vaccines and their drugs, as well as the delay in diagnosis and weakness in controlling infection prolongs the period of the outbreak.
The spread of this disease in Iraq is due to several matters, among them the spread of the virus -transmitting tick, unsafe slaughtering practices, and direct contact with infected animals.
Fears and warnings
Activists on the communication sites warned of the speed of the spread of the disease during the current period, and they called for taking all the means of caution and its prevention.
Dana wrote:
The disease is very widespread among massacres, due to their direct contact with newly slaughtered animals, we must pay attention to it.
Muhammad was also written:
The people should beware of the virus .. Mako (no) has a vaccine, and it can cause death, caution is the only solution.
As for Ali, he said:
My fear, the situation goes out of control, Ako (there) people who do not understand that there are pests that one must take care of it.
Finally, Sama said:
Providing personal preventive equipment for workers and continuous awareness, because prevention is better than treatment, and the disease is not insignificant.
The government has taken measures to reduce the spread of the disease, as it struggles, ticks to reduce the disease and focus on early diagnosis and provide the necessary care.