Medical workers transport a patient on the streetLONDON, Feb 11The first case of death from Lassa fever was recorded in the east of England, the British Health Agency (UKHSA) said in a statement. Earlier, on February 9, the agency reported the discovery of two cases in England associated with travel to West Africa, and one probable case, which was under investigation.
Without quarantine and masks: UK opens to Russians «The UKHSA can confirm that a probable case of Lassa fever has now been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to three. Unfortunately, this person has died,» the agency said. that the risk to the general public remains very low, and doctors are now contacting people who have had close contact with patients. Death from Lassa fever was recorded in the county of Bedfordshire in the east of England. «We confirm the sad death of a patient of our foundation who has been diagnosed with Lassa fever,» said a spokesman for the NHS (National Health Service) Bedfordshire. Lassa fever is an acute infectious disease characterized by severe, high mortality, respiratory, kidney, central nervous system, hemorrhagic syndrome. The main carriers of the infection are African rats, and a person with Lassa fever can also be the source of infection, all the secretions of which are contagious throughout the entire period of the disease. The spread of the infection can occur through food, water, airborne droplets, contact, sexual and vertical (from a pregnant woman to a child) route. 2021, 15:3010 epidemics that changed the worldThe main prevention measures are rat control and food and water protection. Earlier, the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that 40 people had died in January due to an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. According to UKHSA chief medical consultant Susan Hopkins, before these cases, eight cases of Lassa fever had been brought into the UK since 1980. . The last two cases occurred in 2009. There was no evidence of further transmission from either of these cases.
