Boudiaf:”All necessary measures taken to avoid Malaria transmission from Burkina Faso fans”

Health Minister, Abdelmalek Boudiaf, reassured Algerians that they should not fear of Burkina Faso fans who will come to Algeria to support their team in the match against Algerian Desert Warriors at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida (western Algiers), in the wake of recording Malaria cases among Algerian fans who returned from Burkina Faso to their hometowns in some Wilayas.

Abdelmalek Boudiaf told Echorouk on Friday that all the preventive measures have been taken to receive Burkina Faso fans, to encourage their team during next Tuesday’s match, especially since they will leave the country on the same day.

“We controlled all cases of Malaria which occurred in some Wilayas of the country. These cases have been transferred from African countries. There is no Malaria epidemic in Algeria. 24 cases and four deaths out of 9 cases were recorded in Ghardaia, as well as 15 cases that have been discovered across several hospitals”.

In response to Echorouk question about the cases that were recorded in Ghardaia, Boudiaf said; “The results of the investigation in the cases of Malaria in this state, confirmed that they are imported and that there are special circumstances in this region which enabled the spread of mosquitoes causing Malaria, and the Ministry of Health in coordination with other ministries have taken the necessary measures to combat this disease”, referring to the need to clean surroundings of hospitals to avoid the emergence of diseases such as malaria, with the trapping of any potential cases for this disease, which has become transmitted because of mosquitoes from an infected person to a healthy person, which makes it a real danger that threatens the health of people, especially in the isolated areas, where there are large swamps.

 “Health experts from Pasteur Institute and Scientists of viruses are in the emergency cell that is developed by the ministry”.