Guinea - Ebola: Thread documenting initial outbreak - March 2014 +

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Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

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In Guinea, ebola makes forget other diseases and social tensions

In Guinea Conakry , hemorrhagic fever due in part to the Ebola virus , which caused more than 100 deaths since January, makes us forget other diseases that continue to kill many , and recurrent social unrest , feel the inhabitants of Conakry .

"We are traumatized by this Ebola phenomenon ," but our " population is also affllicted by all kinds of epidemics ," says Adama Traor?, cabinetmaker in Dar -es- Salam , a populous district of Conakry.

"We were already struggling against malaria , cholera , measles and meningitis before Ebola came and made us forget all these diseases " added Abdoulaye Sow, a union official living in the capital .

These diseases , less talked about since hemorrhagic fever have been reported in the country in March continue to kill many people in this country rich in mineral resources but where most of the population live in poverty.

" If there is a disease that kills in Guinea , it is cholera but also meningitis, which in the first quarter of 2014 killed 24 people out of 316 registered cases ," says Dr. Aliou Barry , a doctor at Conakry.

Since the beginning of the year, 4. 950 measles cases were also recorded , resulting in several deaths , according to the same source.

" We are afflicted in our every day life. We have abandonned everything to face the ruthless and terrible epidemic that was recorded for the first time in the region" West African Serah Diallo said Rabyatou , former president of the transitional parliament .
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http://www.africaguinee.com/article...-les-autres-maladies-et-les-tensions-sociales

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

During 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak, several Italian nuns returned home despite six of their colleagues fell ill and died of the diseases. At the airport the nuns were taken to hospital and quarantined for three weeks. Luckily, none of them developed illness.

This for saying that in the past (1995) traveler from affected ebola regions were screened for the disease in Europe, albeit turned healthy at the end of the maximum incubation period.

The story of the returned nuns is available here in Italian: http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubb...o-zaire-bergamo-scatta-la-quarantena-per.html

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Coming fifty refugees: the alarm ebola

http://translate.googleusercontent....g=ALkJrhgcGAslxI5SkHh6Qd2190BbaFpcZw#commenti They come from North Africa, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. Task Force for the analysis

Pistoia, April 12, 2014 - are expected this afternoon fifty refugees coming from North Africa, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. Refugees will land at Pisa airport this morning and will then be transferred to Pistoia, where, in the premises of ASL 3 Viale Matteotti, will be subjected to the first visits. It seems that in Tuscany are coming around six hundred people, about three thousand already landed in Italy. Waiting for them, as is normal, there will be health personnel and the staff of the Immigration Police Headquarters for the preparation of the first boards and practices that will be followed by fotosegnalamento, with the invaluable help of linguistic mediators. Then, once the necessary paperwork and processed on the first few visits, migrants will be transferred to a facility of the City of Marliana. Pistoia The latest arrival dates back a few days ago. But this time the situation is expected to be more complicated. The group of migrants come, in fa..:tiphat:http://translate.google.com/transla...rofughi_scatta_allarme_ebola.shtml&edit-text=

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Nigerian labs can?t detect Ebola

Sunday, April 13, 2014
It is official. No laboratory in Nigeria can effectively diagnose the Ebola virus because there is none that has the requisite infrastructure to culture and manipulate the deadly virus that has been responsible for the death of hundreds of people in countries across West Africa within the last one month.
That means samples from any patient suspected to be carrying the disease may have to be taken to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) laboratories in Atlanta, United States of America (USA), or to laboratories in Dakar, Senegal for confirmation.
This disclosure came even as renowned virologist and President, Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), Professor Oyewale Tomori, in an interview with Sunday Independent stated that ?antibodies that were similar to that of Ebola virus were discovered in a sera (body fluid) samples of a patient in Nigeria in 1988.?
A confirmation of Nigeria?s inability to handle the diagnosis of the Ebola virus in humans came from the Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria (MLCN), Professor Anthony Emeribe, in an interview with Sunday IndependentS
Speaking at the weekend, Emeribe said, ?Agreed, Nigeria has the capacity (personnel and space) that can detect Ebola virus. There is, however, no laboratory in Nigeria that has the safety levels needed for the diagnosis of the virus.?
According to the MLCN Registrar, the most advanced laboratories in Nigeria that can handle similar cases have a maximum Level 3 Biosafety level as against Level 4, which is the basic for Ebola Virus culturing and manipulation.
?It can be detected, but if a laboratory does not have Biosafety Level 4 infrastructure, it may not be able to contain the bio-hazardous virus,? Emeribe disclosed.
He said the although the Lahor Labo:tiphat:http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/04/nigerian-labs-cant-detect-ebola/

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Coming fifty refugees: the alarm ebola

They come from North Africa, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. Task Force for the analysis

Pistoia, April 12, 2014 - are expected this afternoon fifty refugees coming from North Africa, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. Refugees will land at Pisa airport this morning and will then be transferred to Pistoia, where, in the premises of ASL 3 Viale Matteotti, will be subjected to the first visits. It seems that in Tuscany are coming around six hundred people, about three thousand already landed in Italy. Waiting for them, as is normal, there will be health personnel and the staff of the Immigration Police Headquarters for the preparation of the first boards and practices that will be followed by fotosegnalamento, with the invaluable help of linguistic mediators. Then, once the necessary paperwork and processed on the first few visits, migrants will be transferred to a facility of the City of Marliana. Pistoia The latest arrival dates back a few days ago. But this time the situation is expected to be more complicated. The group of migrants come, in fa..:tiphat:http://translate.google.com/transla...rofughi_scatta_allarme_ebola.shtml&edit-text=

The travel duration from their origin counties to Italy, through Central Africa, and Libya, usually takes weeks or months.

Thus, the likelihood that among african migrants landed in Italian coastal regions there would be ebolavirus infected / symptomatic is very low, if any: during the course of the travel, temporary camps, etc., a person infected with this virus would die as well as his companions.

So far, among landed migrants, there were not detected any kind of viral hemorraghic fever.

In addition, since most of these people have to pass Sahara desert, some of them died en route for thirst, famine or violence by armed guards in some border area of Libya, or in the detention camps there built in Agreement to a treaty signed by Italian govt & libyan counterpart.

Sadly, they have to face now even the stigma of a disease they haven't.

gm

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Source: World Health Organization, full page: http://www.who.int/csr/don/don_updates/en/


Ebola virus disease, West Africa (Situation as of 14 April 2014)


Guinea

As of 14 April, the Ministry of Health of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 168 clinically compatible cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), including 108 deaths.

The detailed situation report is available as at 11 April, describing 159 clinically compatible cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), including 106 deaths.

Laboratory investigations continue at the Institut Pasteur (IP) Dakar laboratory in Conakry (66 samples tested, of which 39 are positive by PCR for ebolavirus) and at the European Union Mobile Laboratory (EMLab) team in Guekedou (55 samples tested/36 positive).

A total of 71 clinical cases have been laboratory confirmed (45%), while 34 of the remaining clinical cases are classified as probable cases and 54 as suspected cases.

Forty-two of the 106 deaths (40%) have been laboratory confirmed.

Some cases have had repeat testing carried out.

Six districts of Guinea have reported patients:

• Conakry (31 patients, 22 laboratory confirmed),
• Guekedou (95 cases/35 confirmed),
• Macenta (21 cases/12 confirmed),
• Kissidougou (6 cases/1 confirmed),
• Dabola (5 cases/1 confirmed) and
• Djingaraye (1 suspected case).

The date of onset of the most recently identified suspected clinical cases in Conakry and Guekedou was 10 April.

One additional health care worker (HCW) has been reported, bringing the total to 16 (11 laboratory confirmed and 5 probable cases).

Eleven patients were still hospitalised on 10 April while 37 have been discharged from care.

A total 941 contacts have been identified since the beginning of the outbreak.

Medical observation is continuing for 396 contacts while 545 have been discharged from follow-up.

Doctors at the Donka Hospital isolation facility in Conakry are investigating a cluster of cases who had funeral contact with a relative who died on 1 April with suspected malaria.

Two contacts of this patient were admitted on 12 April and tested positive.

One doctor is also linked to this chain of transmission; an internal medicine physician who cared for the patient tested positive on a post mortem sample. He developed an illness with features of EVD but without signs of bleeding.

Hospital-based surveillance and triage procedures and infection prevention and control are being strengthened as a result of this cluster. Community sensitization promoting safe burial practices in the community continue.

The distribution of cases and deaths reported today has changed as a result of ongoing data review against the surveillance case definitions in use and the receipt of laboratory results. Numbers of cases and contacts remain subject to change due to consolidation of case, contact and laboratory data, enhanced surveillance and contact tracing activities and the continuing laboratory investigations.


Liberia

As of 11 April, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Liberia has reported a cumulative total of 26 clinical cases of EVD (6 laboratory confirmed, and 20 probable and suspected cases of EVD, including 13 deaths.

The most recent clinical case was identified on 11 April while the date of admission of the most recent laboratory confirmed case is 4 April; 3 patients are currently hospitalised while 5 suspected cases that tested PCR negative for ebolavirus have been discharged (4 from Bong Country and 1 from Nimba County).

Lofa County accounts for 38% of the clinical cases reported to date (4 laboratory confirmed and 6 suspected cases) followed by Margibi County (23%, 1 confirmed and 5 suspected cases).

Other Counties at risk include Bong (5 suspected cases) and Nimba (3 suspected cases).

Montserrado and Grand Cape Mount Counties have each reported one suspected case.

At present 35 contacts remain under medical observation and 32 have been released from follow-up.

A cumulative number of 13 deaths are being attributed to EVD; Lofa (9), Nimba (1), Margibi (2) and Montserrado (1).

All 6 laboratory confirmed cases have died; this includes 3 HCW.


Mali

As of 14 April, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Mali reports a cumulative total of 6 suspected cases, all of whom remain under medical observation (3 in the capital city of Bamako, and 2 in Kour?mal? and 1 in Bankoumana in the Koulikoro Region.

The results of testing on these patients at the Institut Pasteur laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, are expected shortly.


Sierra Leone

There has been no change in the epidemiological situation of EVD in Sierra Leone.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea, Liberia, Mali or Sierra Leone based on the current information available for this event.


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[Pathfinder]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 159 suspected/confirmed cases, 104 deaths, as of April 11, 2014

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Embassy of France in Conakry

Ebola: update 14 April


The next point situation is expected Wednesday, April 16.

Point status Monday, April 14, 2014

1 Situation on 14/04/14. 8 deaths, 4 cases (Conakry, 2 deaths, Guekedou 5 deaths, 4 cases, Macenta, 1 death).

2 Overall assessment. 163 cases, 112 deaths, as follows: Gu?k?dou (100 cases, 73 deaths), Macenta (21 cases, 15 deaths), Kissidougou (6 cases, 5 deaths) Dabola (4 cases, 4 deaths) , Dinguiraye (1 case, 1 death), Conakry (31 cases, 14 deaths).

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http://www.ambafrance-gn.org/Ebola-point-de-situation-au-11

 

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Re: Guinea - Ebola: 163 suspected/confirmed cases, 112 deaths, as of April 14, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 163 suspected/confirmed cases, 112 deaths, as of April 14, 2014

Translation Google

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 -

Fever Ebola : A doctor contradicted the statement of the Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Fran?ois Fall Lounc?ny announced Monday that Ebola haemorrhagic fever is under control, it was during a diplomatic visit he was doing with his South African counterpart . The minister's statement Fall comes just hours after the death of a doctor who assured the treatment of patients with Ebola .

On Saturday, April 12, 2014 , when the doctor was placed in isolation , several other suspected cases were received at the same time . On the subject, a doctor responds to the statement of the Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs. "There have been many meetings in this sense that authorities say the Ebola fever is under control, but people are wondering how it is that fever can be controlled while in fact the tents sprout at Donka Hospital where the center of care . " Says the doctor , who spoke on condition of anonymity .
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http://www.nostalgieguinee.net/actu...tre-guineen-des-affaires-etrangeres-1654.html

 

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Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Embassy of France in Conakry

Ebola: update April 16

The next point position is scheduled for Friday, April 18.

Point status Wednesday, 16 April 2014

1 Situation on 04.16.14. 27 cases, 9 deaths (Conakry, 10 cases, 4 deaths, Gu?k?dou, 17 cases, 5 deaths).

2 Overall Situation. 190 cases, 120 deaths, as follows: Gu?k?dou (115 cases, 79 deaths), Macenta (22 cases, 15 deaths), Kissidougou (6 cases, 5 deaths) Dabola (4 cases, 4 deaths) , Dinguiraye (1 case, 1 death), Conakry (41 cases, 16 deaths).

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http://www.ambafrance-gn.org/Ebola-point-de-situation-au-14

 

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Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

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Wed April 16 2014 , 4:44 p.m.
Posted By Nouhou

Haemorrhagic fever in Guinea : 9 new cases at Donka and death of another doctor
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According to our information , there were nine (9) new suspected cases of Ebola detected in only yesterday. One of Donka emergency physicians, Dr. Sidiki Kaba , died Sunday, April 13 , after having been in contact with a patient, without knowing that it was contaminated. Dr. Siaka Camara , a neurologist at Kip? , too, have lost live yesterday after being in contact with a patient ...

Apart from these known cases , it is reported that more than twenty (20) physicians are currently isolated Donka to have been in contact with cases that ultimately proved to be Ebola . And several others would be " in flight" , refusing to be isolated , so they had risky contacts ...

Contacted by telephone Guineenews , the Director General of the National Donka Hospital , Doctor Sikh Fatou Camara, has kindly apologized for not answering our questions . " Please communicate with the Communication Committee . Sakoba Call Dr. Keita who can answer all your questions. We , we are the commission " support . " Obviously, we are at the same level of information as they do . But as you know , everyone has their field. they are the ones who are empowered to communicate , not us ... " has she said.

After several attempts , Dr Sakoba Keita finally get our call to say " I 'm in a meeting ."

Some secrets , the government changed tactics , particularly in its communication face the deadly fever. Now, what are the statistics of people " cured " that are given and not the new suspected cases or deaths , even though I do not miss ...

But , in the opinion of some doctors , refusal to inform citizens increases the risk behaviors and further exposes citizens most of which have never believed in the real existence of the Ebola virus ...

Today, the lack of sincere communication , serious and convincing , rumors have completely taken over.

http://guineenews.org/2014/04/fievr...veaux-cas-a-donka-et-deces-dun-autre-medecin/

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

[Source: World Health Organization, full page: (LINK). Edited. Please note that the URL seems broken at the moment. Try later.]


Ebola virus disease, West Africa (Situation as of 15 April 2014)


As of 18:00 on 15 April, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 198 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 121 deaths.

To date, 105 cases have been laboratory confirmed, including 56 deaths, 41 cases (32 deaths) meet the probable case definition for EVD and 52 cases (33 deaths) are classified as suspected cases.

Twenty-three (23) health care workers have been affected with 13 deaths.

Clinical cases of EVD have been reported from Conakry (48 cases, including 16 deaths), Guekedou (117/80), Macenta (22/16), Kissidougou (6/5), Dabola (4/4) and Djingaraye (1/1).

From 11 April to 18:00 on 15 April, 35 new clinical cases were identified, including 10 new deaths.

Read the Disease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease, West Africa (Situation as of 15 April 2014)

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[Giuseppe]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

[Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, full page: (LINK). Edited.]

Ebola virus disease, West Africa (Situation as of 16 April 2014)


Guinea

As of 18:00 on 15 April, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 197 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 121 deaths.

To date, 101 cases have been laboratory confirmed, including 56 deaths, 41 cases (32 deaths) meet the probable case definition for EVD and 52 cases (33 deaths) are classified as suspected cases.

Twenty-three (23) health care workers have been affected with 13 deaths.

Clinical cases of EVD have been reported from:

1. Conakry (47 cases, including 16 deaths),
2. Guekedou (117/80),
3. Macenta (22/16),
4. Kissidougou (6/5),
5. Dabola (4/4) and
6. Djingaraye (1/1).

From 11 April to 18:00 on 15 April, 35 new clinical cases were identified, including 10 new deaths.

Contact tracing activities continue in all affected areas including new contacts generated by a HCW who passed away 3 days ago.

In Conakry, 60 community volunteers are assisting the MOH and response partners in following up the 217 contacts currently under medical observation.

Seven contacts who developed symptoms have been placed in isolation as a precautionary measure.

A total 249 contacts are being followed in Guekedou, 76 in Macenta and 16 in Kissidougou.

A total of 36 patients are currently in isolation; 23 in Conakry, 12 in Gu?ck?dou and 1 in Macenta.

Clinical teams from WHO, the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) are supporting national medical and nursing staff at the Donka Hospital to strengthen patient triage, case management and infection prevention and control (IPC).

Training on the safe handling of patients with EVD and the deceased was conducted jointly by the IPC and Logistics teams at the Donka hospital for staff working at the morgue, and for drivers and staff transporting patients in stretchers.

A training of trainers activity for the directors of all 20 Centres de Sant? in Conakry is planned for 17 April. IPC training is also scheduled at two community health centres tomorrow.

Numbers of cases and contacts remain subject to change due to consolidation of cases, contact and laboratory data, enhanced surveillance and contact tracing activities and the continuing laboratory investigations.


Mali

The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Mali has today reported that the clinical samples on the 6 suspected cases have tested negative for ebolavirus.

The samples were tested at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Viral Haemorrhagic Fever of the Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal.

The samples were also tested using real-time PCR at the newly established, mobile high security laboratory at the SEREFO Center for HIV and TB Training and Research, University of Bamako.

Malian laboratory experts from the SEREFO Center, the National Institute of Public Health (INRSP), the Centre National d'Appui ? la lutte contre la Maladie (CNAM), the National Blood Transfusion Centre (CNTS) and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Science, Technics and Technology, Bamako (FMOS) were trained in ebolavirus diagnosis by staff of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

As of 16 April, no new suspected cases have been reported in Mali.

Continuing preparedness and response activities include raising awareness among health care workers and the broader community about EVD and reinforcing personal and community-based risk reduction strategies. The need for strict adherence with infection prevention and control measures within health care facilities remains a key intervention.

WHO is supporting the national health authorities of Mali, Guinea and the Ivory Coast in the planning of a cross-border meeting on Ebola Virus Disease.

Response partners supporting the MOH include WHO, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MSF, the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), Agence Fran?aise de D?veloppement (AFD), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the NIH and the UN Children's Rights and Emergency Relief Organization (UNICEF).


Liberia

As of 16 April the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Liberia has reported a cumulative total of 27 clinical cases of EVD, including 13 deaths attributed to EVD.

One new suspected case reported yesterday from Nimba County has been laboratory confirmed as a case of Lassa fever.

Two patients remain hospitalised and 33 contacts remain under medical observation.

The MOHSW commissioned a new ebolavirus laboratory today in collaboration with Metabiota.

The MOHSW, in collaboration with WHO and the GOARN team in Liberia, has conducted visits to the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia and the Redemption Hospital, New Kru Town in Montserrado County, and conducted the first training in case management, triage and infection prevention and control.


Sierra Leone

On 15 April, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) provided a consolidated report of surveillance activities conducted in that country from 19 March onwards.

A total of 12 suspected cases have been identified during that period.

Two previously reported suspected EVD deaths occurred in individuals from one family who died in Guinea and their bodies repatriated to Sierra Leone for burial.

All of the 15 case contacts have completed 21 days of medical follow-up and have remained well.

The Metabiota laboratory team working at the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Fever Isolation Unit have received and tested clinical samples from 11 of the suspected cases using 2 different real-time PCR protocols for Ebola Zaire, other viral haemorrhagic fevers and important locally endemic pathogens.

All of the samples have tested negative for ebolavirus and the other pathogens included in the test panel.

Follow up on rumours of EVD cases and active case finding is ongoing in Sierra Leone. Metabiota in collaboration with the MOHS have conducted training of trainers for 75 clinicians and nurses from the main referral government, private and mission hospitals in the 13 districts on EVD preparedness and response at the Kenema Lassa Fever unit. Multimedia community sensitisation activities are also continuing.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea, Liberia, Mali or Sierra Leone based on the current information available for this event.


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[Pathfinder]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

West African Ebola outbreak caused by new strain of disease: study

By Saliou Samb
CONAKRY Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:30pm EDT

(Reuters) - An Ebola outbreak blamed for 135 deaths in West Africa in the past month was not imported from Central Africa but caused by a new strain of the disease, a study in a U.S. medical journal said, raising the specter of further regional epidemics.
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Using analysis of blood samples from infected patients, however, researchers determined that while the Guinean form of the Ebola virus (EBOV) showed a 97 percent similarity to the Zaire strain, the disease was not introduced from Central Africa.

"This study demonstrates the emergence of a new EBOV strain in Guinea," wrote the group of more than 30 doctors and scientists, who published their preliminary findings on the website of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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"It is possible that EBOV has circulated undetected in this region for some time. The emergence of the virus in Guinea highlights the risk of EBOV outbreaks in the whole West African subregion," the report continued.
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A senior health ministry official told Reuters on Thursday the government planned to stop publicly releasing the death toll to avoid causing unnecessary panic.
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"What is clear to us from the study is that the virus wasn't brought in from the outside, that it is indigenous," said Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesman for the WHO, which was not involved in authoring the study.

"It means there were possibly outbreaks in the past that were just not detected," he said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/17/us-guinea-ebola-idUSBREA3G11W20140417

See also:

Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea — Preliminary Report

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=531556

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 190 suspected/confirmed cases, 120 deaths, as of April 16, 2014


http://www.afro.who.int/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=9259&Itemid=2593

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 202 suspected/confirmed cases, 125 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 202 suspected/confirmed cases, 125 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

[Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, full page: (LINK). Edited.]

Ebola virus disease, West Africa (Situation as of 19 April 2014)


Guinea

As of 18:00 on 17 April, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 203 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 129 deaths.

To date, 158 patients have been tested for ebolavirus infection and 109 cases have been laboratory confirmed, including 61 deaths.

In addition, 41 cases (34 deaths) meet the probable case definition for EVD and 53 cases (34 deaths) are classified as suspected cases.

Twenty-four (24) health care workers (HCW) have been affected (18 confirmed), with 15 deaths (11 confirmed).

Clinical cases of EVD have been reported from:

1. Conakry (50 cases, including 20 deaths),
2. Guekedou (120/83),
3. Macenta (22/16),
4. Kissidougou (6/5),
5. Dabola (4/4) and
6. Djingaraye (1/1).

Laboratory confirmed cases and deaths have been reported from Conakry (36 cases, including 15 deaths), Guekedou (58/34), Macenta (13/10), Kissidougou (1/1) and Dabola (1/1).

These updated figures include 4 new cases isolated on 17 April, one of whom is laboratory confirmed, and 4 deaths among existing cases; 3 of the deaths were patients with confirmed EVD.

Twenty-nine (29) patients are currently in isolation in Conakry (17), Guekedou (11) and Macenta (1), while 15 patients who recovered from their illness were discharged from hospital.

The female : male ratio among confirmed cases is 1.2 : 1. The median age of 198 clinical cases for whom the age is known is 35 years and the age breakdown is 0-19 years (11%), 20-59 years (72%) and 60 and over (11%).

Contact tracing activities continue in all affected areas.

A total of 230 contacts are currently under medical observation and 53 have completed their 21 days of follow-up.

Seven contacts who developed symptoms continue in isolation as a precautionary measure.

Efforts to increase public health awareness continue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guinea convened a meeting with a number of diplomatic missions on 18 April where the Minister of Health, supported by the WHO Representative, WHO Country Office for Guinea, and WHO EVD Response Coordinator, briefed the meeting. WHO and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network are in the process of deploying additional experts to support activities in case management, infection prevention and control, contact tracing, social mobilization and psychosocial support.

Numbers of cases and contacts remain subject to change due to consolidation of cases, contact and laboratory data, enhanced surveillance and contact tracing activities and the continuing laboratory investigations.


Liberia

In Liberia, the epidemiological situation remains the same.

Intensive surveillance activities and other preventive measures are ongoing.

No new laboratory confirmed cases of EVD have been reported from Liberia today.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea or Liberia based on the current information available for this event.

Additional information can be found at Situation Report 2 Ebola Virus Disease, West Africa, 17 April 2014.

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Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Translation Google

Sat, April 19 2014, 3:18 p.m.
Posted By Nouhou Balde

Hemorrhagic fever, an isolated patient in Donka complains: "We do not receive family food"

This is a fellow who lives in the United States, which announced the sad news! One of his brothers, isolated in Donka for a suspected case of Ebola, have denounced by the phone his isolated conditions, including lack of food. "We do not have enough food here. And we do not receive the food sent by our family" reportedly told the patient to his sister, bruised by the situation that she denounces in the hope of change for his parents and for all patients ...

Furthermore, we learned that nine (9) members of the same family have tested positive for Ebola virus and were put in isolation Donka, after registering a death in the family. The patient would have remained several days in bed at home in the suburbs of Conakry, and the house would not have been disinfected after his death, we learn.

The scarcity of official information and economic impact of the epidemic

For more than a week, the government has changed its technical information on the evolution of this virus in Guinea, including suspected cases and deaths of Ebola. The assessment sheets of the epidemiological situation who were daily became almost weekly, and replaced by "zoom in" on "cured Ebola" and donations in cash or materials such organization, such institution, such as society, such person ... It became the best advertising spot for those who want to talk about themselves!

At the same time, many families and physicians, including Donka and Kip? mourn their dead or are isolated after innocently coming into contact with an infected person. Readings of the Holy Qur'an, blessings, songs and slogans for "oust Ebola outside the national territory" ... become common in the city.
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Medical officers, usually quick to give you statistics, latest news and speaking with pride in the media, now passing the buck , saying nobody allowed to speak; those who answer calls apologize and hang up.

In the absence of credible information from the government, Guineans increasing risk behaviors and foreigners are frightened by this serious situation and are packing. Partners, amongst others miners , removed their family far from our country (if they have not left with it). Hotels that are still open (and great restaurants) have slowed, the transport sector and trade fell sharply in intensity and Guinea is less frequented by foreigners. Even some compatriots living abroad postponing their visits to the country ...

Senegal (including a medical team in Guinea since the announcement of the fever in our country) still keeps its borders and regional markets closed, the Gambia, which has no land border with Guinea-suspended its flights to Conakry, C?te d'Ivoire has increased surveillance at its borders, France has sent equipment and a medical team at the airport in Conakry, one of the largest airlines in the world, Emirates, no longer serves the Guinean capital ...

When will this epidemic end?

http://guineenews.org/2014/04/fievr...nous-ne-recevons-pas-le-manger-de-la-famille/

 

[wdcare]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Confusing information coming from Guinea regarding number of deaths, plus Reuters is reporting that Guinea is stopping regular updates in order to avoid panic. Their new number is half what was previously reported.

http://time.com/69911/ebola-virus-claims-61-lives-in-guinea/

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

I think there is some confusion in the media who are not accustomed to reporting disease statistics.

There are 2 deaths numbers being reported. One number is the number of deaths of people who meet the clinical descriptions of ebola. This is the higher number of 129.

The death number of 129 includes a total of 61 laboratory confirmed cases.

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Confusing information coming from Guinea regarding number of deaths, plus Reuters is reporting that Guinea is stopping regular updates in order to avoid panic. Their new number is half what was previously reported.

http://time.com/69911/ebola-virus-claims-61-lives-in-guinea/

This is the explanation given by the embassy of France in Conakry on Friday, April 18

Translation Google

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Status on Friday, April 18, 2014

Biological tests can now be performed quickly, assessment takes into account only confirmed cases.

1 Situation on 04.18.14. 108 cases and 58 deaths confirmed by laboratory tests, as follows death: Guékédou (57 cases, 32 deaths), Macenta (13 cases, 10 deaths), Kissidougou (1 case, 1 death) Dabola (1 case, 1 death), Conakry (36 cases, 14 deaths).
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http://www.ambafrance-gn.org/Ebola-point-de-situation-au-18

but WHO Africa is still posting the cumulative total of clinical cases. Post #215.

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 203 suspected/confirmed cases, 129 deaths, as of April 17, 2014

Translation Google

Ebola: Emirates suspends flights to Conakry ...

CONAKRY-Emirates Airline has announced the suspension of its flights to Conakry "indefinitely", learned Africaguinee.com.

Officially, the airline wants to avoid "compromising" the safety of its passengers and its crew, which remains his "highest priority."

Inaugurated in October 2013, Emirates was on line four weekly flights between Conakry and Dakar via Dubai.

For its part, the Guinean government has recently met with several airlines in Conakry. According to Albert Damantang Camara door - government spokesman, the meeting aims to reassure these companies on measures Conakry to prevent spread of virus ?bora.

In addition, thermal controls were installed Gbessia-Conakry International Airport to identify suspects before leaving Conakry.

http://www.africaguinee.com/article...tes-suspend-ses-vols-vers-conakry?language=fr