“This is a case imported to Mayotte,” Julien Demaria, head of the health crisis communications office of the Ministry of Health, told AFP. The patient had in fact arrived by plane on the archipelago a few hours before the detection of the disease coming from continental Africa. “The patient was treated quickly and safely at the Mayotte Hospital Center,” said the regional health agency (ARS) in a press release published on Sunday.
Identify contact cases
A specific care circuit was set up within the establishment upon receipt of the positive result and a first medical investigation team interviewed the patient on Saturday evening in order to identify the causes, contact cases and other people. potentially exposed.
The ARS has also implemented actions to interrupt potential transmission of the bacteria and its establishment in the territory. “As of Sunday morning, a team was deployed to the patient’s living area in order to continue epidemiological investigations and disinfect the home,” detailed the ARS.
Health recommendations were also distributed to people in the neighborhood and a preventive vaccination action was carried out around the residential area.
Call for vigilance
Since the passage of Cyclone Chido on December 14 and the destruction of infrastructure, the Mahorese authorities have been on alert regarding the risk of cholera, a disease transmitted by contaminated water and food.
-Chlorine tablets for water had been distributed to the population and vaccine reserves had been made to ward off a possible epidemic.
The island had already suffered a crisis linked to cholera in the first half of 2024. The epidemic had caused at least five deaths on the archipelago.
After the discovery of the case of cholera on Saturday, health authorities called on the population to observe hygiene measures such as drinking controlled water and washing their hands, measures which should help prevent the transmission of the disease. disease.
With AFP
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