C?te d'Ivoire: no reported Ebola cases according to government

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C?te d'Ivoire: No cases of Ebola is said to date (Official)

MAP
08/11/2014
9:00 p.m.

Abidjan, August 11, 2014 (MAP) - No cases of Ebola virus have been reported to date in Ivory Coast, said Monday in Abidjan, the Ivorian Minister of Health and the fight against AIDS, Raymonde Coffie Goudou, noting that the results of "40 suspected cases" registered in the country were considered "negative".

At a press conference, the minister assured that "there is no case (Ebola) reported yet in C?te d'Ivoire", denying the information relayed by the press and reporting cases of Ebola detected at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny airport and Odienn? in the northwest of the country.

Tests conducted by the Pasteur Institute on "40 suspected cases" reported in the country were found to "negative," said Ms. Goudou Coffie.

She called people to the strict application of preventive measures taken by the government. The Ministry of Health and the fight against AIDS recommends, indeed, to "wash hands regularly and thoroughly with soap and water, avoid shaking hands and making braces."

Among the measures taken by the Ivorian government to contain the disease, include the prohibition of the consumption of bushmeat and handling of rodents such as agouti, rats, porcupines, warthogs, hedgehog, the monkey, squirrel and bat.

"The disease spreads mainly from body fluids, that is to say, the sweat, blood and saliva," noted the minister about Ebola raging in several West African countries, including Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, which has done so far 932 deaths, according to a latest report released Wednesday by the World health Organization (WHO). (MAP).

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Ebola: "There is no case of Ebola yet in Biankouma (DD Health)

Published Thursday, August 14, 2014 | AIP

Biankouma - The director of the health district, Dr. Albert Kouakou Konan, reassured the public that no cases of Ebola virus have been recorded in Biankouma (Tonkpi region), indicating that the movements observed these days at the level of the healthcare workers are only simulations that will enable the agents to face all eventualities.

"There has not been a case of Ebola patient detected here. Faced with the threat of Ebola virus, the health district has taken since April, arrangements for the management of cases that might be . So simulations sessions are organized to strengthen the capacities of technical staff. And since a week, these sessions have intensified, "said Dr. Albert Kouakou Konan, during a meeting with the AIP Wednesday.

He urged people not to panic and to follow the instructions of the government. "Government decisions are only preventive measures. Any other information is only rumor," concluded Dr. Kouakou.

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The Department of Health denies all suspected cases

On the night of Sunday 10 August, a rumor circulated alleging the presence of suspected cases of Ebola in the Felix Houphouet-Boigny airport in Abidjan. Anything that created psychosis in the population. Yesterday the Government Conference on the measures taken to prevent the virus arrives in Ivory Coast was an opportunity for the Minister of Health and the fight against AIDS, Dr Raymonde Coffie Goudou, to deny the information. First, the health minister reassured the population. "At today's date (note yesterday), there are no reported cases of Ebola virus in Ivory Coast," she has said. Concerning the suspected cases at the airport she said that he was a passenger from Kenya which aroused suspicion among passengers because of his frequent trips to the bathroom. "Put in isolation, it turned out that the gentleman in question had eaten something, perhaps enough chili, which earned him those visiting the toilet. His temperature was normal even, "said the Minister of Health. Regarding the second case, she added that it was another man (working in an organization known from the ministry) which was believed to have visited Sierra Leone. There also, the department has followed the procedure and it turned out that the suspect had not visited that country, about nine months ago. The third case, that of a young Guinean age of 17 residing in Odienné has also been negative, according to the Minister of Health. Dr. Raymonde explained that this young man had shown a few weeks ago, at the regional hospital in Odienné because of a fever. "He received the necessary care and returned home. But a few weeks later, he started bleeding. So it was panic. Thanks to the President of the Republic, we chartered a plane with a team from the Pasteur Institute to go and collect the patient's blood for analysis. This was done and the Pasteur Institute has informed us that it was a negative case. For greater clarity , we asked the institute to tell us what the young suffering from.. This will be done in the following days. But we sent the sample in Lyon, France, for for more details. , "said the Minister of Health. In any event, Côte d'Ivoire, said the Minister of Health, can not hide an Ebola case because is at stake the survival of the Ivorian people and the entire world. According to the minister, more than 40 suspected cases were analyzed by the Pasteur Institute. They were all negative. She also announced the establishment of a hotline: 143.

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Ebola : arrival of experts on the disease in Ivory Coast

Some Ebola experts are staying in Abidjan to inquire about the 'technical' Ivorian prevention against the virus, APA learns on Wednesday, from sources close to the ministry of health and the fight against HIV / AIDS.

From countries affected by the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever and some countries' western ', these experts in Abidjan' present since a few days' came to learn about 'our techniques for the prevention against the disease in our countrie' told to APA that source, adding that 'the press will be informed of their mission'.

C?te d'Ivoire has experienced so far no reported cases of Ebola but the risk of contamination is very 'high' according to the authorities of the countrie that have strengthened prevention measures.
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2014-08-20 12:24:06 APA

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Ebola: Ivory Coast closed its land borders with Guinea and Liberia

by APA published: 22/08/2014 at 8:49 p.m. UTC32 views in: Africa

The Ivorian government announced Friday night the closure of land borders of C?te d'Ivoire with Guinea and Liberia as part of preventive measures against the hemorrhagic Ebola virus.

In a statement signed by Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan and played on the air of Ivorian Radio and Television (RTI, public service), this decision follows the emergence of "new outbreaks" of the Ebola virus in the countries affected by this disease.

This "exceptional decision" takes effect "as of this Friday, August 22, 2014" is part of preventive measures against the Ebola virus.

Furthermore, the Head of the Ivorian government has insisted that the Ivory Coast wants to "preserve its excellent relations" with sister Republics of Guinea and Liberia.

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Ebola virus: a suspected case quarantined in Yamoussoukro

Published Sunday, August 31, 2014 | AIP

Yamoussoukro, a 43 year old Ivorian photographer who visited Sierra Leone and Liberia, suspected of contagion Ebola virus was immediately placed in isolation and indicted Saturday on his arrival in Yamoussoukro (center region of Aries ).

The promptness of the information and epidemiological surveillance of the regional health directorate and police cell has 'lock up' the course of the person suspected.

'Samples were taken and sent to the Pasteur Institute to review' said the press Sunday against the Regional Director of Health, Dr Tra Gaston, which indicates that the individual was visibly tired, but showed no sign of the disease. 'This is to take preventive measures because he came from hyper epidemiological zones', has he said.

'If the result of the examinations is positive, we will continue the quarantine process and care, if it's negative, we'll still observed him for three weeks' added Dr. Gaston Tra.
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Suspected case of Ebola: He will be clear after "21 days of observations," said Dr. Coulibaly

Monday, September 1, 2014 2:05 p.m.

[01-09-2014. 3:50 p.m.] "After a period of 21 days if he does not develop any symptoms, he will be free to rejoin his family," said Dr. Coulibaly. He was responding to rumors that fed the weekend, citing the presence of a suspected case of Ebola patient at the Regional Hospital Centre (Chr) Yamoussoukro.
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The head of epidemiological monitoring service of the National Institute for Public Health of C?te d'Ivoire (INHP), Dr. Daouda Coulibaly, said on Monday... that the Ivorian who recently returned from Sierra Leone and had also worked in Liberia is subject to a period of monitoring.
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Information relayed by some online sites, stated that "an Ivorian who stayed in Freetown (Sierra Leone) and in Liberia, returned Saturday, August 30 in C?te d'Ivoire, Yamoussoukro precisely where he was to join his family . Panicked, the first parent at he contacted in this city, alerted the whole neighborhood ... Panic followed..."

For now, insists the department head of epidemiological surveillance, "the person is kept under observation. So there is no cause for alarm. "

C?te d'Ivoire, to date, does not record any case of Ebola patient, assured the Ministry of Health and the Fight against AIDS. However, with the scale of the epidemic of Ebola fever in the sub-region, the Ivorian government is increasing awareness campaigns among the population. While increasing preventive measures to maintain the status of zero cases in the country and even to quickly identify the progression of the disease, if it happens that a case arises.
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C?te d'Ivoire - Ebola: Trois familles mises en quarantaine ? Bangolo. Ce qui se passe !
jeudi, 04 septembre 2014 23:33

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Ivory Coast - Ebola: Three families quarantined Bangolo. What's going on!
Thursday, September 4, 2014 11:33 p.m.

Under orders of the Prefect of Bangolo, a town in western C?te d'Ivoire, three families have been quarantined as part of the fight against the prevention of Ebola virus.



Believed to have stayed recently in Guinea where the Ebola virus is in full swing, three from three families were quarantined in the town of Bangolo. This quarantine is a precautionary measure and will last 21 days.
The Ivorian government has decided to close its borders with Guinea and Liberia where the Ebola virus is prevalent, while opening humanitarian corridors.

In the West African region, the presence of the virus was previously confirmed in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal, where more than 1,500 people died, according to a report from the World Organization for health published in late August.

The Ivorian government "takes note" also of the Conference of Health Ministers of ECOWAS, which deems "unproductive" closed borders, the statement, which calls for "strengthening epidemiological surveillance" in the country.

The National Security Council, which brought together several members of the government, army officers and public companies in Ivory Coast leaders, was chaired by the head of state Alassane Ouattara.

 

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04.09.2014 at 17:52:

Yamoussoukro: A Prevention Committee for Ebola virus introduced

The suspicion of N'Gohu? Kouadio Mathias, as sick of Ebola, that shook the entire city of Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast center) last weekend just engaged the authorities in the region to take steps to prepare for any eventuality .

On Thursday, September 4, 2014, at the offices of the prefecture for this purpose took place the establishment of a regional committee of watch, warning and prevention of Ebola virus disease.

Opportunity for the regional director of health and the fight against AIDS in Yamoussoukro to inform those present at the meeting to set up the committee on the disease. "A suspected case is said actually to be sick with Ebola, when it is confirmed after medical examination by the laboratory or has been epidemiologically linked to confirmed cases," said Dr. Tra Gaston before revealing that the suspected case that has shaken the entire city on Saturday and Sunday was not the first in the city.

"We've had a lot of suspected cases in Yamoussoukro. When it happens, we isolate them , take because the samples and all the results so far have come back negative "has he reassured. Not without adding that the same day that Mathias was suspected, he was with his collaborators at Djekanou where two Liberian, newly arrived in the country, were reported in a gold mining locality of the department among the sex workers who frequent the area.

From the report of the first responsible for health has called on people to immediately go to a health center when observing the first symptoms of the disease, Mr. Sepy Yesso Narciste, general secretary of the regional prefecture, on behalf prefect Andre Ekponon announced the establishment of this committee and its composition.

He took as challenges for this committee to be chaired by the prefect, the development of two sites in the premises of the Provincial Directorate of Health. One for use in the quarantine of suspected and one in treatment of patients.

Also, he announced steps to start a hotline available to the public to prevent any case. Finally, he called on all city services to create their entries washing area or sanitizes hands.

The law enforcement represented at the highest level at the meeting wished to be protected in their mission to secure the management of suspected cases.

Franck NOURIB

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Arrival in Ivory Coast of two American experts for the prevention of Ebola

Two health experts of Control Centers and Disease Prevention (CDC), based in the United States have arrived in Cote d'Ivoire to help the government in its efforts to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

According to a statement of the Embassy of the United States sent to APA on Monday, these two experts arrived this week in Cote d'Ivoire, will remain in the country till September 25. "Although there is so far no confirmed cases of Ebola in Ivory Coast, the country remains at high risk because it is the border of the affected countries," the statement said.
CDC experts will help assess and strengthen plans put in place to prevent the spread of disease, reduction plans and treatment of the disease should it break out in the country and also provide technical assistance research of contacts with infected people.

"Although the Government of C?te d'Ivoire has taken most of the measures necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, the United States is pleased to help the country strengthen these efforts by the visit of the two health experts, "said the Ambassador of the United States in C?te d'Ivoire, Terence McCulley, quoted by the press.

"There is no complete assurance that the Ivory Coast will not be affected by the disease, but we can work so that if a case was reported, patients can be quickly isolated and treated for the disease does not spread, "said the American diplomat.

The American government is committed to stem the Ebola virus since the outbreak in March, when the first cases were reported in the region, and increased its equity and its staff in the region in response to the worsening situation .

The United States has so far about 100 specialists distributed across the affected countries working on activities such as the distribution of physical health and emergency supplies, support for public health messages and the provision of technical expertise to help on issues such as airport screening and contact tracing with the infected person.

In addition, the CDC has maintained more than 70 staff members deployed in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone to help in the implementation of the various measures of response, including monitoring and incident management related to Ebola, laboratory testing, monitoring, research contacts with infected people, managing databases and education in health.

These American experts arrived in Ivory Coast when President Barack Obama will seek a budget of $ 88 million, or nearly 44 billion CFA to fight against the Ebola virus in West Africa. He should specify Tuesday its action plan during a visit to the Centre for Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgi.

LS / APA 2014-09-15 5:19:44 p.m.

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Ivory Coast Lifts Ebola Flight Restrictions

NEW YORK ? Sep 26, 2014, 6:58 PM ET
By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Friday his country will lift the controversial suspension of flights to countries stricken by the Ebola virus to show solidarity with the nations affected by the lethal outbreak.

He said the initial decision to suspend flights was prompted by uncertainty about the threat, which he called a terrible problem for the people of West Africa.

"When Ebola first broke out, people got panicked," he told The Associated Press in an interview. "Obviously we rushed to make certain decisions. Now that everything is under control ? there is no case of Ebola in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) ? I have decided that next week we will lift the suspension of flights and the maritime suspension."

In addition, he said Ivory Coast has opened a "humanitarian corridor" so that people who want to enter Ivory Coast can be checked. The country has also contributed $1 million to the international anti-Ebola effort.
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Ebola Ivory Coast opens its border with Guinea ...

Conakry This is an important decision for many citizens just taken by the Ivorian president Alhassane Ouattara! The Ivorian Head of State ordered the reopening of the borders with all countries affected by the Ebola virus , learned Africaguinee.com.

This decision of the leader in Ivory Coast comes after the extraordinary general meeting of the United Nations that recommended the reopening of all borders with countries affected by the disease Ebola country.

The Minister of State of Guinea for Foreign Affairs, Francois Lounceny Fall, welcomed the decision of President Ouattara that will according to him, the suffering of many people in both countries.

This decision is a sigh of relief for the traders who were unable to travel between the two countries. Currently, the eyes are the Senegal who has not lifted the decision to close its borders.

http://www.africaguinee.com/article...d-ivoire-rouvre-ses-frontieres-avec-la-guinee

 

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Ebola makes the first Moroccan victim

by Fatima Moho on 07/10/2014 at 6:21

Kiosque360. The first fatal case of Ebola infection is a woman native of Settat . She passed away in late September in the Ivory Coast where she was visiting one of his son.

The Ebola virus has just made its first Moroccan victim reveals Al Ahdath Al Maghribiya dated this Tuesday October 7th. Originally from Settat, this woman, of fifty years old and mother of eight children, contracted the virus while she was in the Ivory Coast where she was visiting one of her son. After her death on September 30, her son was subjected to medical tests that have attested that it was not affected by the deadly virus one reads in the newspaper. However, his family is not out of the woods. In C?te d'Ivoire, her relatives are patiently waiting the authorization of Moroccan diplomatic authorities in order to repatriate the remains of the deceased for burial in the country where she was born. And that's not all: in Settat, her family is in embarrassment and feels obliged to say that the deceased died of the disease rather commonly called "Essalma" (typhoid fever) by Moroccans.
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Moroccan deceased in Abidjan had not contracted Ebola

Last updated on 10/07/2014 at 15:07

Contrary to what some colleagues this morning heralded, the Moroccan national who died on September 30 in Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire, was not suffering from a contagious disease, let alone the Ebola virus, according to a medical source at the CHU Treicheville located in the Ivorian capital.

Resident in C?te d'Ivoire, the late "was not suffering from any contagious disease," reads one, according to the news agency MAP, according to a certificate of no contagion issued by the medical examiner of University Hospital Treicheville to the family of the deceased.

Mother of 54, she was suffering from asthma that she treated an her state of health has apparently worsened because she had contracted malaria shortly before her death, told to MAP, one of her relatives.

Procedures for the repatriation of the remains of the deceased follow their normal course, according to relative.

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Published Friday, October 10, 2014.
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Ivory Coast Rumor Ebola. The remains of a Moroccan blocked in Abidjan.

A Moroccan an online newspaper announced that the Ebola virus made its first Moroccan victim. It would be a woman who died in Ivory Coast. Medical sources in Abidjan have formally denied the report, said the Moroccan News Agency (MAP)

This is misinformation which unfortunately created a buzz on social networks, and was echoed by many newspapers in the Kingdom. It is the electronic magazine "360.ma Kiosk" which announced the news with this sensational headline: "Ebola made his first Moroccan victim."

The online newspaper claims to have information from the Arabic daily "Al Ahdat El Maghribiya" and "Assabah". According to the newspapers, "the deceased, a 50 year old woman, a native of Settat, mother of 8 children, contracted the virus while she was in the Ivory Coast where she came to visit one of her son. "The latter, according to the same media that conveyed the information, was placed under medical supervision. However, according to the certificate of non contagion given by the medical examiner of the CHU of Treichville to the family of the deceased, the latter, instead was 54 year old and residing in Ivory Coast, "was not suffering from any contagious disease , "therefore," her mortal remains can be carried to her country of origin without any danger to public health. "

Despite this assurance, the Moroccan authorities have not yet issued an order to the family to repatriate the remains to Morocco, probably waiting the results of an autopsy. But this examination is not possible, given the current state of affairs, because the body had already undergone treatment for disposal. The family awaits the green light from the Rabat to go bury the deceased in her country, told to MAP causes of death.

According to the family, the deceased was suffering from asthma that she treated with corticosteroids. Her health, which does not yet inspired particular concern, has reportedly deteriorated due to malaria she contracted shortly before her death on September 30. The family has also categorically denied that the son of the deceased was placed under medical control. Relatives of the latter welcomed all efforts by the services of the Embassy of Morocco in Abidjan for a repatriation of the body in the best condition. This procedure continues, pending the green light for the evacuation of the body to Morocco.

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Ebola: Cote d?Ivoire Quarantines Six Returnees From Liberia, Guinea

Agency Report
? Oct 14, 2014 | Le

The Ivorian health authorities have placed six returnees from Liberia and Guinea under strict surveillance as part of measures to prevent the spread of Ebola Virus Disease.

This is contained in a statement by Dr Eugene Koffi, a Director in the Ivorian Health Ministry, and made available to newsmen in Abidjan on Tuesday.
The statement quoted Kofi as saying that the six Ivorians, including five men and a woman, were kept in a centre in Tiassale district, 120km south of Abidjan.

According to the statement, the decision to place the six Ivorians under surveillance followed the fact that they recently left Liberia and Guinea, two countries heavily hit by Ebola.

?Even if they have no signs at the moment, these people including four Liberian nationals will be kept in the centres as a precaution.
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Ebola: big smiles on landing in Abidjan of 1st flight from Guinea

The smile was the rule at the Abidjan airport among the passengers the first flight of Air C?te d'Ivoire, the Ivorian national airline, from Guinea, after more than two months of suspension for fear of a spread of Ebola virus.

Travelers from Conakry landed in the early evening in a portion of the airport assigned for all flights of Air C?te d'Ivoire from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries affected by foot Ebola virus.

"It is our pleasure to come home," rejoiced Jean-Louis Fernandez, an Ivorian gone for three week vacation in Guinea ... ultimately forced to spend three months because of the border closure.

C?te d'Ivoire, which deplores no cases of Ebola infection despite its proximity to the epidemic, decided on August 11 to suspend all flights affected by the virus, while it took the extent in Liberia.
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