{"id":266545,"date":"2019-05-15T18:51:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266545"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:51:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:51:49","slug":"farmers-warned-to-be-alert-of-ticks-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266545","title":{"rendered":"Farmers warned to be alert of ticks bite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aili Iilonga<br \/>\nONLY one out of the six suspected cases that were reported in the Oshikoto region tested positive for Congo Fever.<br \/>\nThis is according to Ministry of Health and Social Service Minister, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula.<br \/>\nKalumbi said that at the moment, three tests came back negative and two of the tests are pending, awaiting results from the National Institute Communicable Disease Laboratory in South Africa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266548\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 245px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-266548\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1986-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1986-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1986-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1986-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1986.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PRACTICE CAUTION: Health minister, Kalumbi Shangula has warned farmers to be careful when dealing with livestock infected by ticks. Photo Aili Iilonga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe only confirmed case was that of a 54-year-old female who was taken to the Onandjokwe hospital with complaints of tick-bite. She recovered well and was discharged home on the 11 May. All persons who were in direct contact with the patient are under strict daily monitoring,\u201d said the minister.<br \/>\nMedically known as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, the virus is 70% primarily transmitted through tick bites.<br \/>\nNamibia has previously dealt with cases of Congo fever and have become more frequent in the last three years.<br \/>\nHe warned cattle herders, animal health workers and public health workers to be alert as they are more prone to being infected.<br \/>\n\u201cThe virus is transmitted to people through infected ticks, tick bites or handling ticks with bare hands. People can also get infected through direct contact with infected animal blood and organs during slaughtering or handling infected meat,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe, however, noted that workers that deal with livestock should not stop doing their duties.<br \/>\n\u201cI do not want to evoke fear in the people dealing with livestock,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nMinistry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry\u2019s Chief Veterinary Office, Dr. Albertina Shilongo noted that the disease is very severe in human and insignificant in livestock.<br \/>\n\u201cThe virus only stays two weeks in animals but the animal plays a role in the cycle of the tick. So it\u2019s very important for us to spread the message and inform the farmers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266276\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Myriad728x180px.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aili Iilonga ONLY one out of the six suspected cases that were reported in the Oshikoto region tested positive for Congo Fever. This is according to Ministry of Health and Social Service Minister, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula. Kalumbi said that at the moment, three tests came back negative and two of the tests are pending, awaiting &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":266547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Farmers warned to be alert of ticks bite - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ONLY one out of the six suspected cases that were reported in the Oshikoto region tested positive for Congo Fever.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266545\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers warned to be alert of ticks bite - 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