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A 70-year-old woman who lost her life could be a ‘zero patient’.
Three out of 9 people have lost their lives, four are in critical condition
Symptoms in patients include vomiting, high fever, diarrhea and body aches.
Buenos Aires. Argentine health officials said Thursday that a third person has died in the country this week of undiagnosed childhood pneumonia. Tucumán Health Minister Luis Medina Ruiz said nine people in the northwestern province of Tucumán were suffering from a mysterious respiratory illness, including eight medical workers at a private clinic, according to AFP. Earlier two health workers had died and now one patient has also died in the clinic. Officials are probing the nature of the illness, but the health minister said doctors have already ruled out the possibility of COVID-19, flu, influenza-A and B, Legionella virus and hantavirus.
To diagnose this mysterious disease, samples have been sent to the Malbran Institute in Buenos Aires for examination. The patient who died due to the disease was a 70-year-old woman who was admitted to the clinic for surgery. The Health Minister said that the woman can be a ‘zero patient’, doctors are investigating it. Let us tell you that the first six patients of this disease in Argentina started showing symptoms between August 18 and 23.
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What are the symptoms of the disease?
Symptoms in patients include vomiting, high fever, diarrhea and body aches. Ileage rahe chach logong mein se char ki kahalt gambar hai while two are in hospital and two are in home isolation. All other staff of the clinic are being monitored after the outbreak. Currently, experts are analyzing water and air conditioners for possible contamination or toxicity.
The provincial health ministry said on Wednesday that the outbreak may have been caused by an infectious agent, but investigators are also investigating environmental causes of the poisoning. Infectious disease specialist Mario Rai said on Thursday that no case has been reported outside this clinic so far.
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First Published: September 02, 2022, 09:07 IST
