Controversy continues in Egyptian circles over the disease that swept Nagaa in Qena governorate (southern Egypt) about a week ago, and its name or nature have not yet been identified.
It is noteworthy that Naga Sandal, which has about 4,<> people and follows the village of Al-Ulaiqat in Qena Governorate, a large number of its residents were infected with a disease whose symptoms were similar among the infected, after it spread rapidly, and it infected entire families and many of the injured were hospitalized for fevers.
Al-Ulaiqat village is one of the villages benefiting from the 100 Days of Health campaign, which was recently launched by the Ministry of Health, and aims to raise the level of care for the health of citizens and the early detection and treatment of diseases.
The symptoms of this mysterious disease are: a sudden rise in temperature, a general feeling of fatigue and fatigue, nausea and the desire to vomit, in addition to bone pain, which are similar to the symptoms of Corona disease but do not include dry cough.
Waiting for results
Commenting on the spread of the disease, Assistant Health Minister Amr Qandil said that the ministry has not yet reached the nature of the disease, but hastened to send various samples of patients and insects in the village, and is waiting for the results of the tests.
The program "Shabakat" (2023/7/17) continued part of the Egyptians' reaction to the news of the spread of this infection, including what um Mohamed Nasr wrote, "The same disease appeared in the Red Sea Safaga for a while, and until now, it is the turn of Da Khalash, I wish that some officials are moving."
Taha Hassan wondered in his tweet why "CDC centers (epidemic control centers) do not work in a number of governorates to monitor diseases and epidemics and develop plans to deal with them."
Ahmed believes that the Ministry of Health moved quickly and sane to avoid causing panic in the hearts of people, and wrote, "Frankly, a quick and at the same time sane move from the Ministry of Health not to cause panic in the hearts of people, and at the same time the preventive measures taken by the ministry are good, but they will be excellent if they impose a temporary quarantine on the village until the nature of the infection is confirmed."
As for Heba Abu Al-Ela, she wrote, "Water in Qena is the cause of a very large percentage, and I wish you could see the percentage of virus C spreading there, especially on the desert side in Qena, and the water that does not reach some schools and bathrooms that are not clean in schools, all of this works as epidemics, not just diseases."
Mahmoud Saad believes that "there is no need to be afraid, because the spread disease has not caused serious complications and its type has not yet been confirmed, and the ministry moved with interest after the spread of symptoms."
Some estimates suggested that the symptoms and the way the infection spreads resembled dengue fever, but the Ministry of Health did not support this explanation, offering advice to citizens, such as "covering pots and keeping foods in places protected from insects."