May 10, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese ministry of health has watered down reports of meningitis outbreak in the country and called avoid crowded places.
Following reports about the existence of suspected cases of meningitis in different parts of the Sudan, Federal Ministry of Health said that there were no new reported cases of the disease but warned however against crowded places.
The director of the department of epidemiology at the ministry of health, Hayat Salah Al-Din, said in a press statement that the ministry carried out vaccination campaign for meningitis in ten states last year and will continue to cover the remaining seven states by May 17.
The vaccine of meningitis is effective for ten years.
Meningitis bacteria, according to the ministry, are transmitted from one person to another through droplets of respiratory or throat secretions.
The most common symptoms of the disease are stiff neck, high fever, confusion, headaches and vomiting, among others.
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