Algeria is "in good health" after the discovery of a new outbreak of measles

Algeria is in a state of health alert following the detection by the Ministry of Health of the detection of new cases of the outbreak of rubella (bovine) in several provinces of the country.

The Ministry of Health said Thursday that an unlimited number of victims had been registered in several provinces (the number and geographical location of these not being mentioned).

In 2018, Algeria recorded 23,000 cases and 6 deaths in 12 provinces. The epidemic spread strangely from southern Algeria to the center, due to a the controversial absence of the government that angered the street due to lack of sanitary coverage and the disastrous conflict of the poor with old disease. It exists only in Algeria.

The local street accuses the government of indifference and total absence, ignoring its duty to ensure public health, without opening epidemiological investigations into the causes of the measles epidemic .

The President of the Association of Public Health Practitioners, Elias Mrabet, agreed with Chief Medical Officer Mohamed Yousfi that official circles should act with force to avoid tragedies similar to those of their citizens living in communities. pockets of poverty.

Algerian health inspectors are sounding the alarm, especially in the face of deteriorating services, despite the hundreds of billions spent since 2002 and the launch of the government program to modernize hospitals and humanize treatments.