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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Health officials have placed Nakasongola on high alert after the district registered a Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever case that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The deceased was a Primary Six pupil and a resident of Kikoiro Village in Lwampanga Sub-county.<\/p>\n

Blood samples taken to Entebbe Hospital on Tuesday confirmed the disease.<\/p>\n

Dr Agaba Byamukama, the district health officer, told this publication yesterday that more than four facilities that handled the case couldn\u2019t detect the fever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health teams from Entebbe Hospital handled the body professionally and the burial was conducted by a health burial team on Tuesday. We are undertaking the contact listing for monitoring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the patient was handled by various health facilities but we are already in contact with the respective health facilities to ensure contact listing and further management of the condition,\u201d Dr Byamukama said.<\/p>\n

Health officials said the 12-year-old went through Lwampanga Health Centre IV, Nakasongola Health Centre IV, Kiwoko Hospital in Nakaseke District, Mulago National Referral Hospital and ended up at Entebbe Hospital where he died.<\/p>\n

The Resident District Commissioner, Mr Saleh Kamba, confirmed the district health teams had been joined by the veterinary office to help the field teams establish the origin of the disease with guidance from the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to find ourselves in a risky situation. Fortunately, the residents that had tried to disorganise the safe handling of the body were later calmed down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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