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News Scan for Dec 21, 2018
Three more Ebola cases; Polio in Nigeria
Filed Under:
Ebola; VHF; Polio
[h=3]Officials confirm 3 more Ebola cases in the DRC as vaccinations top 50,000[/h] The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry today reported three more cases and seven more deaths in the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak, as the number immunized topped 50,000.
In its daily update, officials said the 3 new lab-confirmed cases are from Beni, Komanda, and Oicha, bringing the outbreak total to 563 cases, including 515 confirmed and 48 classified as probable. Outbreak responders are still investigating 81 suspected Ebola cases.
Also, 7 new deaths were reported?2 in Beni, 2 in Butembo, and 1 each in Komanda, Oicha, and Mabalako. Three of the people died in a community setting, which raises the risk of further spread. So far, the virus has killed 343 people since the outbreak began in August.
The number of people immunized with Merck's unlicensed VSV-EBOV vaccine continues to grow, including primary healthcare workers in Goma, the provincial capital. According to today's report, 50,489 people have been vaccinated against Ebola in a campaign that began on Aug 8.
Dec 21 DRC update
[h=3]Nigeria records one new vaccine-derived polio case[/h] According to the latest weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Nigeria recorded a new case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), in Katsina state.
The case-patient had an onset of paralysis on Nov 5. The total number of cVDPV2 cases in 2018 in Nigeria has now reached 32.
"The country continues to be affected by two separate cVDPV2 outbreaks, the first centered in Jigawa state with subsequent spread to other states as well as to neighbouring Republic of Niger, and the second in Sokoto state," the GPEI said. "Recent confirmation of spread of one of the cVDPV2 outbreaks, both within Nigeria and internationally, underscores the urgent need to fill remaining vaccination gaps in the ongoing outbreak response, and to optimize the geographic extent and operational quality of mOPV2 response.?
Last year Nigeria did not record any cases of polio. Nigeria, along with Afghanistan and Pakistan, is one of three countries in the world where polio transmission remains endemic.
Dec 21 GPEI update
News Scan for Dec 21, 2018
Three more Ebola cases; Polio in Nigeria
Filed Under:
Ebola; VHF; Polio
[h=3]Officials confirm 3 more Ebola cases in the DRC as vaccinations top 50,000[/h] The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry today reported three more cases and seven more deaths in the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak, as the number immunized topped 50,000.
In its daily update, officials said the 3 new lab-confirmed cases are from Beni, Komanda, and Oicha, bringing the outbreak total to 563 cases, including 515 confirmed and 48 classified as probable. Outbreak responders are still investigating 81 suspected Ebola cases.
Also, 7 new deaths were reported?2 in Beni, 2 in Butembo, and 1 each in Komanda, Oicha, and Mabalako. Three of the people died in a community setting, which raises the risk of further spread. So far, the virus has killed 343 people since the outbreak began in August.
The number of people immunized with Merck's unlicensed VSV-EBOV vaccine continues to grow, including primary healthcare workers in Goma, the provincial capital. According to today's report, 50,489 people have been vaccinated against Ebola in a campaign that began on Aug 8.
Dec 21 DRC update
[h=3]Nigeria records one new vaccine-derived polio case[/h] According to the latest weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Nigeria recorded a new case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), in Katsina state.
The case-patient had an onset of paralysis on Nov 5. The total number of cVDPV2 cases in 2018 in Nigeria has now reached 32.
"The country continues to be affected by two separate cVDPV2 outbreaks, the first centered in Jigawa state with subsequent spread to other states as well as to neighbouring Republic of Niger, and the second in Sokoto state," the GPEI said. "Recent confirmation of spread of one of the cVDPV2 outbreaks, both within Nigeria and internationally, underscores the urgent need to fill remaining vaccination gaps in the ongoing outbreak response, and to optimize the geographic extent and operational quality of mOPV2 response.?
Last year Nigeria did not record any cases of polio. Nigeria, along with Afghanistan and Pakistan, is one of three countries in the world where polio transmission remains endemic.
Dec 21 GPEI update