Guinea - Ebola outbreak - 2021 - 23 cases including 12 deaths - declared over

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North Kivu: More than 650 people already vaccinated against Ebola


According to the recent Ebola virus disease epidemiological bulletin dated February 23, 2021, a total of 658 people have already been vaccinated against this virus in North Kivu.
He indicates that so far, 3 health zones are affected. It is in particular Biena, Katwa and Musienene with 5 health areas concerned namely Masoya, Kaheku, Muchanga, Tulizeni and Nduko.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases remains blocked at 8, including 4 deaths since the reappearance of Ebola in North Kivu on February 6, 2021. The 4 active cases are treated in the Ebola Treatment Centers (CTE) by Katwa and Masoya.
On the other hand, 155 contacts are not followed up. These are 79 absences during the last 24 hours, 39 never seen, 33 lost to follow-up and 4 displaced.https://7sur7.cd/2021/02/25/nord-kiv...s-contre-ebola

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Ebola: now, strict control of passengers at the airport and at the borders (Copy of decision)


PAR Guinee 114
February 27, 2021



https://guinee114.com/ebola-desormai...opie-decision/

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Ebola: 7 hospitalized patients, 465 people vaccinated (ANSS)


According to figures published this Friday, February 26, 2021, by the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), 7 confirmed cases of Ebola are currently hospitalized in Guinea. The number of confirmed cases since the resurgence of the disease is 11 and the number of confirmed deaths is 2. 465 people have been vaccinated in Conakry and N'Z?r?kor? against this disease.

Guineematin.com offers you below the situation of the day presented by the ANSS:
Vaccination of 240 people including 60 in Conakry (2 in Dixinn and 58 in Ratoma) and 180 in N'Z?r?kor?;

Total of 465 people vaccinated (98 contacts, 296 contacts of contacts and 71 probable contacts) from February 23 to 25, 2021;

Six (6) confirmed cases including one (1) death recorded in N'Z?r?kor? on February 25, 2021;

Cumulative eleven (11) confirmed cases and four (4) probable cases recorded as of February 25, 2021;

No case of EVD hospitalized at the CT-Epi in Nongo (Conakry) on February 25, 2021;

No suspected case of EVD hospitalized at the CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? on February 25, 2021;

Seven (7) confirmed cases were hospitalized at the CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? on February 25, 2021;

Cumulative of six (6) deaths including four (4) probable cases and two (2) confirmed cases as of February 25, 2021;

Cumulative of 5 health workers infected including 2 deaths (1 confirmed case and 1 probable case)

To date, 351 contacts are being followed up.
https://guineematin.com/2021/02/26/e...accinees-anss/

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Ebola in Guinea: 7 deaths, 13 confirmed cases including 5 health workers, 4 probable (ANSS)


Since its reappearance in Guinea, Ebola hemorrhagic fever has not abated. According to the national health security agency, as of February 27, 2021, the epidemic has caused 7 deaths, 13 confirmed cases including 5 health workers, 4 probable.





Below statistical data provided by the ANSS:





Vaccination of 231 in N'Z?r?kor? (19 contacts, 181 contacts of contacts and 31 probable contacts) as of February 27, 2021;



Cumulative of 1002 people vaccinated (142 contacts, 701 contacts of contacts and 159 probable contacts) from February 23 to 27, 2021;



No case of EVD hospitalized at the CT-Epi in Nongo (Conakry) as of February 27, 2021;



One (1) new suspected case of EVD hospitalized at the CT-Epi in N'z?r?kor? on February 27, 2021;



One new (1) confirmed case registered in N'Z?r?kor? on February 27, 2021;

No health worker has been infected as of February 27, 2021;



Nine (9) cases of EVD are hospitalized at the CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? including 8 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case

as of February 27, 2021;



The swab of the suspected case recorded at the N'z?r?kor? CU was positive for EVD,

February 27, 2021;



Cumulative thirteen (13) confirmed cases and four (4) probable cases recorded as of February 27

2021 ;



Cumulative of seven (7) deaths including four (4) probable cases and three (3) confirmed cases as of February 27

2021 ;



Cumulative of five (5) infected health workers including two deaths (1 confirmed case and 1 probable case);

To date, 497 contacts are being followed up.
https://mosaiqueguinee.com/ebola-en-...robables-anss/

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Kankan: Despite Ebola, many citizens are leaving for N'z?r?kor?

feb 28 2021



In this period of health crisis, the Kankan-N'Z?r?kor? line is operating at full capacity. The observation made this Friday, February 26, 2021, in several bus stations in Kankan is ample proof.
At the independent bus station of Kankan located in the district of the same name, from 11 a.m., taxis and minibuses crowded with passengers and luggage, leave the parking lane in the direction of N'z?r?kor?, the epicenter of the Ebola virus. and with the knowledge of the union authorities at the station.

Failing to suspend the line, they would rather have reduced to believe El hadji Abdoulaye B?ret?, fourth coordinator of independent unions.
“In any case, since the Ebola situation was declared, the number of vehicles that go into the forest per day has been considerably reduced. Otherwise before four minus buses and five where six taxis left in the forest per day, ”he told us.

At the large regional bus station occupied by the national transport union, located in the aviation district on the morning of this Saturday, February 27, 2021, in addition to the many bush taxis and minibuses packed to the brim which leave every day for Nz?r?kor?, the officials, also tell us recorded the arrival of a good ten.

“ To tell the truth, people don't even believe this Ebola story. Customers and drivers alike, nobody cares, nobody cares what. So here, it's routine, despite people saying that there is Ebola in Nz?r?kor?, we receive and send passengers at any time. And so far, we haven't encountered any problem in that. But they could well be that the senior officials of the station make arrangements in the days to come ”, told us one of the administrators of this station who requested anonymity.

In addition, it should be noted that in these two different stations that we visited, the preventive measures are downright trampled on the ground. No hand washing kit, hardly anyone wears a mask and the arriving and departing passengers are huddled together, like in a tin of sardines. Even in the trunks, there are passengers.

Some passengers interviewed such as Bl? Mogoboly Daniel, a civil engineer, will tell us that they feel no fear of going to Nz?r?kor? even if it is the nest of the Ebola virus.
“ By the way, it is the will of Allah. We know that Ebola claims many victims in Nz?r?kor?. But this does not mean that the population should not travel, ”he defended.
Same story or almost for Mohamed Cond?, teacher of his state.

Coming from Kouroussa, it stopped at Kankan before heading for N'z?r?kor?. Without a mask and crowded with several other people in his taxi, he says he is not afraid.
“I am not at all afraid. It is because once I arrive at my destination, I will always respect the barrier measures, avoid too many contacts to protect myself, ”he said.

'Asked for his reaction to the situation, we were told that the boss of the national transport union in Kankan, Moussa Djan Cond? "is seriously ill", and that no one other than him is empowered to comment.
Note also that, like these two stations visited, the findings are practically the same in the other stations of Kankan.https://www.guineenews.org/kankan-ma...kore-constats/

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Ebola in N'z?r?kor?: a new death recorded in hospitals

By Mohamed Bangoura
For 15 minutes


The victim was an old lady hospitalized at the N'z?r?kor? epidemiological treatment center.


The information was raised this Monday morning by the prefectural director of health during the coordination meeting to fight against Ebola.


It should be noted that this new death now brings to seven (7) the number of people who have died from the Ebola virus since the resurgence of the disease.


According to the epidemiological report of the health authorities, the investigation teams identified 32 new contacts as of Sunday, February 28, 2021.


In addition, cases of reluctance are notably reported in neighborhoods such as Gonia and Gbangana, specifies the actors in the response.


Alexis Koli?.
https://mosaiqueguinee.com/ebola-a-n...u-hospitalier/

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Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin, Week 09: 22 - 28 February 2021
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Ebola virus disease Guinea

17 Cases
7 Deaths
41.2% CFR

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) declared in Guinea
on 14 February 2021 continues, with one new confirmed case
reported in N’Zerekore on 28 February 2021, in a community death
(unknown contact). A safe and dignified burial was performed. A
suspected patient from Bayle is still waiting for results.

As of 28 February 2021, there is a total of 17 cases (13 confirmed
and 4 probable) and seven deaths (case fatality ratio 41.2%).
Currently, only one health district is active (reporting at least one
confirmed cases) and six health districts are on alert (have at
least one contact) out of 38.

A total of 495 (99%) contacts out of 498 are being followed up.
There is an ongoing search for three contacts who are lost to
follow-up.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS

Full incident management has been implemented in Guinea,
with an epidemiologist deployed from the WHO Regional
Office.

A supporting mission is in place in N’Zerekore to strengthen
coordination and response pillars; a local alert system has
been implemented, as well as active case finding and followup
of resource mobilization (CERF, ECHO funds).

Vaccination has started, with a cumulative total of 1097
people vaccinated, including 164 high-risk contacts, 758
contacts-of-contacts and 175 probable contacts, including
314 healthcare workers.

Case management in affected regions is being supported
by partners, and safe and dignified burial teams are being
trained by the Red Cross.

One confirmed case has been discharged as recovered after
two negative control tests; 8 confirmed and one suspected
case are currently hospitalized in the Epidemic Diseases
Treatment Centre in N’Zerekore; 7 out of 8 confirmed cases
have received Regeneron treatment.

Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) is
underway, with a meeting with religious leaders and priests
in churches in N’Zerekore briefed on sensitization; a briefing
was held on training modules for journalists and other
stakeholders in RCCE activities.

SITUATION INTERPRETATION

Health teams in Guinea are acting rapidly to trace the path of the
virus and curb further infections and a full incident management
system has been set up. Challenges are inadequate coordination
in N’Zerekore and community resistance to response measures,
which require rapid management to facilitate access to
communities for implementation of public health actions, which is
being delayed by this resistance, including vaccination activities.
There is an urgent need for additional funds to allow recruitment
of additional staff to strengthen field operations, particularly in
N’Zerekore.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/339897/OEW09-2228022021.pdf

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"Maman Lucie", 51, the first victim of the Ebola resurgence in Guinea


Published on : 03/03/2021 - 23:40


Almost 5 years after the end of the first Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the virus resurfaced in the forest region in the south of the country. At least 8 people have died out of around fifteen recorded cases. Lucie, a 51-year-old nurse, died on January 27 at the Nz?r?kor? regional hospital. She is the index patient, that is to say the first known case of the current resurgence. At the Goueck? medical center where she worked, she was a very popular personality that everyone called “mum”.

With our special correspondent in Goueck?, Carol Valade

On his phone, Doctor Aboudlaye Koli, chief medical officer of Goueck?, points to the portrait of “Maman Lucie” adorned with the words “RIP”. " She liked to say, 'I make myself available to the community as long as the community needs me .' She was playing the role of mom. She approached everyone like a mother. "

Cecile Loua, technical health assistant. “She was a colleague but we called her mom. She did the childbirth, she did the planning for the women. She loved everyone. Cecile Loua starts to cry.

Figure of the parish, Lucie was a pious woman indicates the vicar of Goueck?, Father Gabriel Lamah. “ The way of treating, of helping, of helping others can give the title of mother to such a woman. On the day of her funeral, her husband testified that even at midnight, his wife was obliged to tell him: they have just called me, I must leave to take care of a sick person. She dedicated her whole life to the cause of others. "

Ebola is transmitted through the fluids of patients and the advice it gave still resonates today. “ I think washing your hands is interesting: those were her words on Tuesday and Friday, and she always said it with a smile. "

As in the previous epidemic, caregivers are paying the heaviest price.

https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20210303-maman-lucie-51-ans-premi%C3%A8re-victime-de-la-r%C3%A9surgence-ebola-en-guin%C3%A9e

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Ebola: isolation centers set on fire in Gou?ck?, cradle of the epidemic ...

NZEREKORE-Isolation centers set up in front of the Gou?ck? sub-prefecture, a cradle of the Ebola virus disease which reappeared in Guinea in early February - were set on fire by a group of discontented young people.

The act occurred in the afternoon of this Friday, March 5, 2021. According to our information, relatives of a woman who died at the CT-Epi in Nz?r?kor?, would be behind these acts.

https://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2021/03/05/ebola-des-centres-d-isolement-incendies-gouecke-berceau-de-l-epidemie

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Ebola in Gou?ck?: an isolation center set on fire by young people

By Mohamed Bangoura Since 6 p.m.in MAIN FOCUS , News , Latest News , Health , Safety

This is information that has just been confirmed by the sub-prefect of Gou?ck?, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in the N'z?r?kor? prefecture.

The incident which took place this evening at 7 p.m. was caused by overexcited young people who attacked the isolation center installed at the headquarters of the sub-prefecture.

Among the attackers, figure the brother of an Ebola victim who died this Friday at the regional hospital of N'z?r?kor?, we learned from the sub-prefect.

“They came to the tent and we let out the gasoline to burn. When I took my device to call the gendarmerie, they fled. But one side of the tent was burnt. People had come to put out the fire “, explained the sub-prefect, who reassures that the materials saved were transferred to the gendarmerie for security reasons.

According to the president of civil society in Gou?ck?, the deceased Ebola patient was pregnant and has been a potential contact for several days. She would have been vaccinated three days after the launch of the vaccination campaign, G?rard told us, who reminds us that the fire this evening is a premeditated act since the day.
Alexis Koli

https://mosaiqueguinee.com/ebola-a-gouecke-un-centre-disolement-incendie-par-des-jeunesp/

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Guinea: resistance to the fight against Ebola remains high, according to the Red Cross

06 MAR 2021

Update 06.03.2021 at 13:00
By Nina LARSON
AFP

As Ebola reappears in Guinea, measures to try to contain the deadly virus are encountering resistance from the populations, warned a Red Cross official in an interview with AFP.

"What we are seeing on the ground is a lot of resistance within the communities and also religious reluctance," explained Emanuele Capobianco, Director of Health and Care within the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cross Societies. Red Crescent (IFRC), Friday.

This is not surprising for the doctor: "Ebola is a disease which scares people. It is a terrible disease which kills a lot".

In fact, the virus is transmitted through bodily fluids and the death rate is high, usually around 50%.

The reappearance of the disease in Guinea, following deaths at the end of January, was noted in mid-February and since then, the authorities and international actors have mobilized strongly to stop possible contagions, isolate and treat the sick and launch a campaign. vaccination.

So far, 18 cases have been reported. Fourteen cases are confirmed including 4 people who died, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.

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Ebola outbreak Situation Report (05/03/21)

18 cases
9 deaths
523 contacts, 82% monitored
1604 people vaccinated

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MARCH 5, 2021

WHO sees Ebola risk as "very high" for Guinea's neighbours

By Emma Farge

3 MIN READ

GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization officials said on Friday the risk of an Ebola outbreak spreading from Guinea to its neighbours was ?very high? and that some neighbouring countries were not prepared for outbreaks or for future vaccination campaigns.

WHO?s Guinea representative, Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, told a virtual briefing that 18 cases had been identified and four of those people had died.

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?There are six neighbouring countries to Guinea and we conducted an assessment of readiness. Two of the countries are not ready and one is borderline and there are three countries more or less ready,? the WHO?s Regional Emergency Director Abdou Salam Gueye said by videoconference from Guinea.

He said none of the neighbouring countries was completely ready to start Ebola vaccinations, should they be required, and that there were not enough vaccines doses available in any case to begin vaccinating preventively....https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...AX0VS?rpc=401&

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Ebola: Vehicles leave Kankan for N'z?r?kor? despite the risks


By Kababachir.Com
]Last updated Mar 6, 2021
The Republic of Guinea is currently struck by an unprecedented health crisis since it is facing what we would call a duo of epidemics, namely Covid-19 and Ebola. The latter recently reappeared in Gou?ck? (N'z?r?kor? prefecture).
In Kankan, according to a report visit carried out at the independent bus station on Thursday, public transport vehicles on the Kankan-N'z?r?kor? section are operating as usual, despite all the risks of contamination present in forest Guinea , the epicenter of the disease.
All the same, the passengers who board the taxis for this region, do not seem to breathe the air of fear. This is the case of Moustapha Ciss?:
"It is true that the Ebola virus exists in the country, but that does not mean that the population cannot move, you can move if you know you have needs, but the decision of the government must be respected by all of us, so when traveling we must respect the provisions to avoid this disease ?he said.
Although the Kankan-N'z?r?kor? line is functional, the number of vehicles traveling on the said section has decreased a little since the discovery of Ebola disease, confides this passenger who asks for anonymity:
"People come but it's not like before because of this disease and it even affects transport, anyway we are there, at this time if, per day two mini buses and three taxis can leave Kankan for Nz?r?kor?. , if not before four minus buses and five or six taxis could leave "He hammered before suggesting that:" I am not afraid, it is by this that I will always respect the barrier measures, avoid contact and protect yourself ?.
According to the report, no screening device for potential cases of Ebola has been set up in this bus station as in several others in Nabaya.
http://www.kababachir.com/ebola-des-...e-les-risques/

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Ebola - Covid-19 / Weddings, baptisms and other mass gatherings prohibited in Conakry and Nz?r?kor?




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An angry soldier, brother of an Ebola victim who died on Friday at the N'Z?r?kor? regional hospital, tried to burn down an isolation center installed at the headquarters of the Gou?ck? sub-prefecture.





Asked about this, this Monday, March 8, 2021, the Minister of Health Colonel R?my Lama, first returned to the facts before indicating that calm has returned to the isolation center in Gou?ck?.





? There is a soldier who lost his sister, according to him it was following the vaccination, but his sister was a contact who had been lost to follow-up. She had not been vaccinated, when she started showing symptoms at home, she was transferred here for the vaccination. Then she started a strong diarrhea with blood, her driver sent her to the treatment center, the next day she died. So for the military, his sister died because she was vaccinated. He revolted, he burned part of the tarpaulin, people put out the fires, you should know that it is very far from the CT-?pi, it is at the sub-prefecture in front of the platform?. calm has returned, things are going very well, ?he explained.





Remember that the soldier himself was a contact with the deceased victim, he is currently being followed at home by health workers.
https://mosaiqueguinee.com/remy-lama...sse-tres-bien/