Following the announcement of a first possible case of Covid-19 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30300-haiti-flash-first-possible-case-of-covid-19-in-haiti.html in northeast Haiti, and the sample sent to the national laboratory, Haitian health officials said the test results for the teacher at Henry Christophe University were negative. Recall that the teacher had quarantined due to a dry cough, body aches, fever and headache, he was back from a stay in the United States.

Another fact to mention about this case, he almost died on Wednesday in Limonade, not because of his state of health, but when people armed with machetes wanted to intercept the ambulance in which he was...

Another suspicious case :

In the last hours, a 63-year-old Belgian citizen, manager of an orphanage in Saint-Michel de l'Attalaye (Dept. Artibonite), who just returned from Europe on March 10, suffers from fever and body aches. A sample was taken, as in the previous case, we await the results of the tests carried out on Wednesday evening and transferred to the National Laboratory of Port-au-Prince for analysis.

Symptoms :

According to WHO disease coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by mild symptoms including runny nose, sore throat, cough, and fever. The involvement may be more severe in some people and may cause pneumonia or difficulty breathing.

More rarely, the disease can be fatal. Seniors, and people with other medical conditions (eg, asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), may be more vulnerable and become seriously ill.

Affected individuals may experience the following symptoms:

- runny nose (runny nose)

- sore throat

- cough

- fever

- breathing difficulties (severe cases)

HL/ HaitiLibre