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Health officials say unlicensed butchers are not testing their cattle for tests for diseases such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Local health officials have issued new warnings against the mbadacre of sacrificial animals at home before Eid Al Adha, saying that inappropriate slaughter can result in serious illness.
With the approach of the Feast of Sacrifice, it is common for Muslim families to mbadage a goat or lamb to prepare a feast with meat. The meat is divided into three parts and divided among the family members, the underprivileged and a third is retained by the family.
Less than two months before Eid Al Adha, the Ministry of Health and Prevention warned the population that she had to buy meat from a licensed butcher or risk contracting diseases such as fever Hemorrhagic Crimean-Congo.
The virus is mainly transmitted to humans by ticks and livestock, but human-to-human transmission can occur through close contact with blood, secretions, organs, or other bodily fluids from infected organisms.
Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and headache. In severe cases, it can cause bleeding, shock and failure of the multi-organ system.
About 40% of the victims die as a result of the virus and no vaccine is available for humans or animals.
Licensed butchers will have their cattle tested for the presence of CHF Canada before slaughtering them.
Dr. Hussein Al Rand, undersecretary of the Ministry's Assistant Health Sector, Health Centers and Clinics, said that they were working with the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment, the authorities Abu Dhabi Health Authority, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority and the country's municipalities for the health and safety of people.
Last updated: July 17, 2019 21:00
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