(Dispatch) Soroti Regional Referral Hospital has isolated a female patient confirmed to have Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus. The patient is from Aprikila Sub County in Kaberamaido District in Eastern Uganda. The patient was admitted to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital on Wednesday 12, October 2022 after a referral from Kaberamaido Hospital where she was taken to treat a headache and stomachache earlier in the week.
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