This
comes a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was investigating
“as a matter of urgency” a ‘rumor’ of death from an unknown illness in
Tanzania.
WHO
said on Friday September 13 that it had deployed a technical team to the
country to cooperate with the health ministry.
Speaking
at a press conference in Dar es Salaam, the Minister of Health, Community
Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Ms Ummy Mwalimu said there were
romours about two cases of people who were believed to have contracted Ebola.
“We
(as the ministry) took samples of those cases and I can confirm that they
didn’t have Ebola,’’ said Ms Mwalimu, emphasizing that the only authority that
can announce an outbreak of a disease such as Ebola is the country’s minister
responsible for health.
The
patient who died was buried by the authorities in Temeke, Dar es Salaam,
unofficial reports indicate.
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