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

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..Up to 400 people are identified as potential Ebola contacts in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Tarik Jasarevic, spokesman for the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO), told Reuters. “We need find where these people are and check on them,” he said.

Cases were last week confirmed in Conakry, bringing the disease, which was previously limited to remote, lightly populated areas, to the seaside capital of two million people.

Guinea's President Alpha Conde late on Sunday appealed for calm. “My government and I are very worried about this epidemic,” he said, ordering Guineans to take strict precautions to avoid the further spread of the disease.

“I also call on people not to give in to panic or believe the rumours that are fuelling people's fears,” he added.

Liberia has recorded seven suspected and confirmed cases, including four deaths, the WHO said. Health authorities on Monday said a female Ebola patient from Lofa County was admitted to Firestone hospital outside the Liberian capital Monrovia.

Health Minister Walter Gwenigale said authorities were trying to trace the taxi driver who brought her to the hospital. Health sources tol... :tiphat: http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/guinea-calls-for-calm-as-ebola-spreads-1.1668971#.UzozbfldVdw

 

[Giuseppe]

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Although airborne particle transmission of Ebolavirus IS NOT THE MAIN ROUTE of infection for people entering in [casual] contacts with infected patients, this paper suggested that implementation of barrier techniques may prevent some of the additional cases among this kind of contacts during an oubreak of EHF:

[Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]

J Infect Dis. 1999 Feb;179 Suppl 1:S92-7.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995: risk factors for patients without a reported exposure.

Roels TH<SUP>1</SUP>, Bloom AS, Buffington J, Muhungu GL, Mac Kenzie WR, Khan AS, Ndambi R, Noah DL, Rolka HR, Peters CJ, Ksiazek TG.

Author information: <SUP>1</SUP>Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. tbr6@cdc.gov


Abstract

In 1995, 316 people became ill with Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The exposure source was not reported for 55 patients (17%) at the start of this investigation, and it remained unknown for 12 patients after extensive epidemiologic evaluation. Both admission to a hospital and visiting a person with fever and bleeding were risk factors associated with infection. Nineteen patients appeared to have been exposed while visiting someone with suspected EHF, although they did not provide care. Fourteen of the 19 reported touching the patient with suspected EHF; 5 reported that they had no physical contact. Although close contact while caring for an infected person was probably the major route of transmission in this and previous EHF outbreaks, the virus may have been transmitted by touch, droplet, airborne particle, or fomite; thus, expansion of the use of barrier techniques to include casual contacts might prevent or mitigate future epidemics.


PMID: 9988170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


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[sharon sanders]

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Re: Guinea - Hemorrhagic fever killed 78 people with 122 suspected cases - Ebola lab confirmed in 22 cases

Although airborne particle transmission of Ebolavirus IS NOT THE MAIN ROUTE of infection for people entering in [casual] contacts with infected patients, this paper suggested that implementation of barrier techniques may prevent some of the additional cases among this kind of contacts during an oubreak of EHF:

[Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]

J Infect Dis. 1999 Feb;179 Suppl 1:S92-7.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995: risk factors for patients without a reported exposure.

Roels TH<SUP>1</SUP>, Bloom AS, Buffington J, Muhungu GL, Mac Kenzie WR, Khan AS, Ndambi R, Noah DL, Rolka HR, Peters CJ, Ksiazek TG.

Author information: <SUP>1</SUP>Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. tbr6@cdc.gov


Abstract

In 1995, 316 people became ill with Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The exposure source was not reported for 55 patients (17%) at the start of this investigation, and it remained unknown for 12 patients after extensive epidemiologic evaluation. Both admission to a hospital and visiting a person with fever and bleeding were risk factors associated with infection. Nineteen patients appeared to have been exposed while visiting someone with suspected EHF, although they did not provide care. Fourteen of the 19 reported touching the patient with suspected EHF; 5 reported that they had no physical contact. Although close contact while caring for an infected person was probably the major route of transmission in this and previous EHF outbreaks, the virus may have been transmitted by touch, droplet, airborne particle, or fomite; thus, expansion of the use of barrier techniques to include casual contacts might prevent or mitigate future epidemics.


PMID: 9988170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


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Twitter conversation about the above:

ironorehopper ‏@ironorehopper 3h
@HaertlG @WHO Ksiazek sugg ltd airborne transmission J Infect Dis. 1999;179(Suppl 1):S92?7 - Is it playing a role in curr outbr.? @askebola


ironorehopper ‏@ironorehopper 3h
@HaertlG @WHO @askebola @MackayIM @ProMED_mail @healthmap @FluTrackers JID paper about ltd airbone h2h transm. #Ebola,pls a word about.

Ian M Mackay, PhD ‏@MackayIM 37m
@ironorehopper @HaertlG @WHO @askebola @ProMED_mail @healthmap @FluTrackers
"these 12 patients lacked serologic confirmation of" #ebola 2/2

Ian M Mackay, PhD ‏@MackayIM 43m
@ironorehopper @HaertlG @WHO @askebola @ProMED_mail @healthmap @FluTrackers i.e. could another infection have been occurring concurrently?

Gregory H?rtl ‏@HaertlG 13m
@MackayIM @ironorehopper @WHO @ProMED_mail @healthmap @FluTrackers consensus here is that airborne transmis is speculative&not likely #Ebola

Ian M Mackay, PhD ‏@MackayIM 9m
@HaertlG @ironorehopper @WHO @ProMED_mail @healthmap @FluTrackers ..but "cannot be excluded" ?

Gregory H?rtl ‏@HaertlG 3m
@MackayIM @ironorehopper @WHO @ProMED_mail @FluTrackers theoretically not excluded but not considered a real practical possibility. #Ebola

 

[Giuseppe]

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Re: Guinea - Hemorrhagic fever killed 78 people with 122 suspected cases - Ebola lab confirmed in 22 cases

I am praised by the quick response by Mr Hartl & other Readers in my question.

This demonstrates that even a scientific paper may be source of misconception when managed out of its contest and eventually may fuel media outlets speculation, hype, hoaxes or simply bad journalism.

In addition, the barrier measures - if considered viable - and scientifically based may have added some protection in casual contacts of infected people.

Since the high level of concern either in general population and in health care workers in the affected region, the story about a very limited airborne ebolavirus transmission needed to be debunked as soon as possible.

Thank to all for the cooperation.

gm

 

[Giuseppe]

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[Source: Public Health England, full page: (LINK). Edited.]


Dr Edmund Newman of PHE to assist with Ebola screening

Organisation: Public Health England - Page history: Published <ABBR>1 April 2014</ABBR> - Topic: Public health - World locations: Liberia and Guinea

PHE scientist heads to Guinea to help with Ebola outbreak.

Public Health England is aware that a number of cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever have been reported from south eastern Guinea and Liberia. There are concerns about spread into the bordering countries of Sierra Leone and Senegal, and control measures such as isolation of cases and active monitoring of contacts are being implemented.

The European Mobile Outbreak Response Lab received a formal request for assistance from the Guinean Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation. Public Health England?s Virology group are key members of the <ABBR>EU</ABBR> lab consortium, and scientist Dr Edmund Newman will be amongst the group of <ABBR>EU</ABBR> scientists delivering support on the ground.

The <ABBR>EMLab</ABBR> project includes partners from Germany, Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. The <ABBR>EMLab</ABBR> project?s main objectives are to establish mobile laboratory units as well as a collaborative network involving European and African institutions.

A team of <ABBR>EU</ABBR> scientists have set up a field lab to test suspect cases, working alongside M?decins Sans Fronti?res at an isolation centre near the borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia. As one of the <ABBR>EMLab</ABBR>? s team leaders, Dr Newman will add resilience to the current team and manage the transition between the first and second lab teams in the field.

Dr Edmund Newman, project team leader for Virology and Emerging Infections at <ABBR>PHE</ABBR>?s Porton Down site said:

??Although <ABBR>PHE</ABBR> is primarily an England focused agency, it has a strong commitment to global health security, and supports international humanitarian work. The virology research group have a global outlook, carrying out surveillance of, and response to, such highly pathogenic viruses around the world and improving the UK?s ability to detect these diseases.

??As a <ABBR>WHO</ABBR> collaborating lab, we?re proud that we can work alongside our European scientific colleagues and counterparts in Africa to set up a mobile lab to allow rapid testing of suspect cases, which is vital to containing the spread of the outbreak.??

No imported cases of Ebola have ever been reported in the UK. The risk of a traveller contracting Ebola is very low without direct contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person or animal.

People returning from Guinea who have a sudden onset of symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat and general malaise within 3 weeks of their return should immediately seek medical assistance.
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Published: <ABBR>1 April 2014 - </ABBR>Organisation: Public Health England - World locations: Liberia ? Guinea


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Saudi Arabia suspends visas over Guinea ebola outbreak

Visas suspended for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia due to contagious nature of deadly disease

Agence France-Presse in Riyadh
theguardian.com, Tuesday 1 April 2014 11.20 EDT

Saudi Arabia has announced the suspension of visas for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia, two countries hit by an outbreak of the deadly ebola epidemic.

The Saudi health ministry recommended the measure "due to the danger of the disease and its highly contagious" nature, the state news agency SPA reported.

The World Health Organisation has said it is not recommending travel or trade restrictions to Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone, which has reported suspected cases of ebola, based on information currently available.

Muslims perform the hajj pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca once a year, but they can make the minor umrah pilgrimage to the kingdom all year round.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/saudi-arabia-visas-guinea-liberia-ebola

 

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CDC Team Arrives in Guinea
For Immediate Release
April 28, 2014
In response to the Government of Guinea's request for assistance in responding to the Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak, a team of five specialists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived in Conakry March 31. The American health officials are joining their Guinean and international counterparts, who have been working effectively to monitor and halt the spread of this disease, to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to control the further spread of the infection. We extend our sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who have died. Our thoughts and prayers are with those fighting the infection.

We continue to closely monitor the situation. The U.S. Embassy in Conakry, following the recommendations of the Guinean government, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and others, strongly recommends that U.S. citizens in Guinea avoid contact with individuals exhibiting the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever until further information becomes available. Neither the United States nor the World Health Organization recommends general travel restrictions at this time. Updates for U.S. citizens regarding the Ebola outbreak are posted on the U.S. Embassy website and Facebook as they become available at http://www.conakry.usembassy.gov/ For more information on Ebola hemorrhagic fever, please visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola :tiphat: http://conakry.usembassy.gov/pressrelease03282014.html

 

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Philapines-Quarantine monitors travelers over Ebola virus outbreak

By Eric B. Apolonio | Apr. 02, 2014 at 12:01am

QUARANTINE officers are closely monitoring all incoming passengers registering high fever on their thermal scanners at all entry points of the airport to detect the Ebola virus.

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<figcaption></figcaption> </figure> A thermal scanner can detect body temperature as a precaution to prevent any carrier of the Ebola virus from entering the country.
The Ebola virus is endemic in Guinea in West Africa, where the health ministry has said the fatalities from the disease, which has no known cure, has reached 78 deaths.
Noel Ramirez, the doctor on duty in Terminal 1, says they are closely monitoring passengers with high fever to prevent the Ebola virus from spreading in the country.
He says the Department of Health, through the World Health Organization, has been instructed to ask all passengers with fever the history of their travel within 10 days and their point of origin.
Health authorities have been advised to be strict in checking all passengers arriving at the airport.:tiphat:http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/04/02/quarantine-monitors-travelers-over-ebola-virus-outbreak/

 

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Ebola, Crossing Borders in Africa, Could Land in US

Apr 1, 2014 1:55pm
An Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 78 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone could land in the U.S., health officials warned today.
Symptoms of the disease, such as fever, red eyes and bleeding, can take up to three weeks to appear ? ample time for an unwitting victim to travel outside the West African hot zone.
?It?s true that anyone with an illness is just one plane ride away from coming to the U.S.,? said John O?Connor, spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ?But we have protections in place.?
Airline workers are trained to spot symptoms and quarantine officers at 20 major U.S. airports are ready to respond to an in-flight illness. The CDC has also deployed a five-person team to help contain the outbreak on the ground in Guinea, O?Connor said. They arrived Monday night.
?There?s nothing to prevent someone traveling here asymptomatically during the incubation period,? said ABC News? chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the CDC during the swine flu outbreak. ?It?s one of the reasons we have a vested interest in helping to control outbreaks where they start.?
Go Inside an Ebola Ward With Dr. Besser
At least 112 people have been sickened by the Ebola outbreak, which is thought to have emerged in the forests of southern Guinea before spreading to the country?s capital, Conakry. Neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone have reported two suspected cases each ? three of them fatal and all four acquired in Guinea. And Senegal has closed its border with Guinea indefinitely.
The World Health Organization has yet to impose any travel restrictions on the area, stressing that it?s ?highly unlikely? for the outbreak to spread by plane.
?The people who get Ebola tend to be in removed villages and tend not to have the money to be able to get on planes,? WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said, adding that it?s equally unlikely for an American traveler to bring the disease back. ?They would be probably be aware of the situation going into it and be advised not to touch someone who looks ill and feverish.?
Nevertheless, the CDC has urged travelers to avoid contact with blood and body fluids from people who might be infected and to seek immediate medical care seek..:tiphat:http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2014/04/01/ebola-crossing-borders-in-africa-could-land-in-u-s/

 

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INVITATION TO A TOWN HALL MEETING

VENUE: U.S. EMBASSY, CONAKRY ​

DATE/TIME: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 at 16:00
The Embassy of the United States in Conakry cordially invites members of the greater American community residing in Guinea to participate in a town hall meeting on Wednesday, April 2 at the U.S. Embassy for a briefing by the Center for Disease Control. Please register by contacting the Consular Section at Conconakry@state.gov .
Please come to the main entrance of the U.S. Embassy (not the Consular entrance), and bring your passport for identification. :tiphat:http://conakry.usembassy.gov/townhall-1042014.html

 

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1 April 2014: Guinea/Liberia - Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak

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?As of 31 March, the number of confirmed and unconfirmed cases in Guinea reached 122 in total, including 80 deaths. In Liberia, there have been four deaths in a total of eight cases and in Sierra Leone two, both of whom died.
?Out of these total numbers, 24 in Guinea and three in Liberia have been confirmed as Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (now known as Ebola Virus Disease - EVD) cases and they have all tested positive to the same species, namely Zaire ebolavirus.
Guinea
?The situation in the forested area of south-eastern Guinea seems to be stabilizing, notably due to active case finding, active contact tracing, effective case management in isolation wards and public awareness measures.
?In Conakry, there have been 11 confirmed cases so far. All cases concerned people coming from south-eastern Guinea. Health staff in the hospital are among these cases. They were contaminated before measures for disease spread prevention were taken. The Guinean Ministry of Health, together with M?decins Sans Fronti?res, is currently identifying a location for the establishment of a single Isolation and Treatment Centre for all Conakry. While additional assistance, such as protective equipment and additional specialist teams, continue to reach Conakry, logistics and coordination remain challenging.
Liberia / Sierra Leone
?In Liberia, confirmed or suspected cases have been identified in Lofa, Nimba and Margibi counties, while in Sierra Leone cases under investigation are from Kailahun district. All of the initial reported cases in these two countries had travelled to Guinea before the onset of the Ebola outbreak.
ECHO response
?ECHO is supporting the humanitarian response to the Ebola outbreak with EUR 500 000 for case identification and management. Two ECHO experts are present in Conakry and an additional expert is arriving in Monrovia. Further support is presently being considered.:tiphat:http://reliefweb.int/map/guinea/1-april-2014-guinealiberia-ebola-virus-disease-evd-outbreak

 

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


Ebola virus disease, West Africa (Situation as of 1 April 2014)

1 April 2014


In this update and subsequent ones, the terminology Ebola Haemorrhagic fever will be replaced by Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in line with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).

Therefore, this report provides an update on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

As at 31 March 2014, the Ministry of Health of Guinea has reported 122 clinically compatible cases of EVD, of which 24 are laboratory confirmed by PCR, and 98 are probable (78) or suspected (22) cases .

This total number includes 80 deaths, of which 13 (16%) have been laboratory confirmed for EVD and the remaining 67 are considered as probable cases of EVD.

These figures correspond to 19 new clinical cases and 14 new deaths since the 28 March.

As of 30 March, 20 patients remain in isolation.

Eleven health care workers are among the probable and suspected cases.

Cases have been reported from Conakry (11), Guekedou (77), Macenta (23), Kissidougou (8), and 3 from Dabola and Djingaraye combined.

Case investigation and contact tracing are continuing, with 400 contacts under medical follow-up at present.

Further strengthening of infection prevention and control in health care facilities is a priority intervention.

In addition, efforts are continuing to raise awareness in the community about the importance of personal protective measures to prevent ebolavirus transmission including hand washing, caring for the sick safely in the community, the use of personal protective equipment when handling potentially contaminated blood and body fluids and during environmental cleaning and disinfection, and safe burials.

The Ministry of Health of Liberia has reported 8 clinically compatible cases of EVD, including 2 laboratory-confirmed cases, from 14 to 30 March. The 2 confirmed cases were reported from Lofa County. Two patients died; one of the deceased patients has been laboratory confirmed and the other death was in a probable case. Contact tracing is underway.

Response activities in Liberia include a press conference by the Ministries of Health & Social Welfare and Ministry of Information, distribution of EVD prevention and control guidelines to health care workers, training staff on case detection, contact tracing and follow up, clinical case management, infection prevention and control, specimen collection handling and transportation and the safe handling of deceased patients. Staff from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and WHO have travelled to Lofa County to provide technical support and coordinate control efforts.

Clinical specimens from suspected cases are being sent to the laboratory in Conakry, Guinea, for testing. Intensive community awareness raising campaigns are also underway through the mass media, via social mobilization activities and interpersonal communications, and involvement of telephone service providers in sending text messages.

The Ministry of Health of Sierra Leone is maintaining a high level of vigilance following the deaths of 2 probable cases of EVD in one family who died in Guinea and their bodies repatriated to Sierra Leone. To date, active surveillance activities have identified no new suspected cases and all contacts of the deceased have remained well.

As this is a rapidly changing situation, the number of reported cases and deaths, contacts under medical observation and the number of laboratory results are subject to change due to enhanced surveillance and contact tracing activities, ongoing laboratory investigations and consolidation of case, contact and laboratory data.

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

The risk of infection for travellers is very low since most human infections result from direct contact with the body fluids or secretions of infected patients, particularly in hospitals (nosocomial transmission) and as a result of unsafe procedures, use of contaminated medical devices (including needles and syringes) and unprotected exposure to contaminated body fluids.

Travellers should avoid all contact with infected patients.

Those who are providing medical care or are involved in the evaluation of an outbreak should wear protective clothing, including masks, gloves, gowns, eye protection and practice proper infection prevention and control and measures.

Anyone who has stayed in the areas where EVD cases have been recently reported should be aware of the symptoms of infection and seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.

Clinicians managing returning travellers from visiting these areas with compatible symptoms are advised to take into consideration the possibility of EVD.

Malaria, typhoid fever, shigellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, plague, rickettsiosis, relapsing fever, meningitis, hepatitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers are differential diagnosis to consider in these patients.

Further guidance on travel health risks and prevention can be found at WHO?s International Travel and Health website.


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[sharon sanders]

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Saudi Arabia suspends visas over Guinea ebola outbreak

Visas suspended for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia due to contagious nature of deadly disease

Agence France-Presse in Riyadh
theguardian.com, Tuesday 1 April 2014 11.20 EDT

Saudi Arabia has announced the suspension of visas for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia, two countries hit by an outbreak of the deadly ebola epidemic.

The Saudi health ministry recommended the measure "due to the danger of the disease and its highly contagious" nature, the state news agency SPA reported.

The World Health Organisation has said it is not recommending travel or trade restrictions to Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone, which has reported suspected cases of ebola, based on information currently available.

Muslims perform the hajj pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca once a year, but they can make the minor umrah pilgrimage to the kingdom all year round.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/saudi-arabia-visas-guinea-liberia-ebola

from Saudi press agency -

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Riyadh 01 Jumada II 1435 AH corresponding to April 1, 2014, SPA

explained the Ministry of Health to the World Health Organization did not ask for any ban on travel and trade with the states of Guinea and Liberia to now, however, the Ministry of Health and the basis of its commitment and to preserve the health of citizens, residents and visitors asked the concerned authorities to stop issuance of Umrah visas and Hajj to the citizens of these two countries as a precautionary measure due to the seriousness of the disease and the ease of moving between crowds.
continues and the Ministry of Health with the World Health Organization and other partners to take the necessary measures for the prevention of the spread of the disease outside this geographical area, where the World Health Organization and the World Wide Web warning Outbreak disease and response deployment experts in order to support the confrontation process in the areas of coordination, infection prevention and control, surveillance, epidemiology, and case management, media, and community
mobilization, as the number of suspected cases and confirmed the outbreaks of Ebola haemorrhagic fever present in Guinea until the date of 30 / March / 2014 (112) case and died of them (70) case, fatality rate in cases (62%) being Altgosaiat on cases reported in Liberia and Sierra Leone, along the border with Guinea.
, as the Ministry of Health in Liberia until the date of 29 / March 2014 / advertising for (7) suspected cases in Liberia has been confirmed two cases in the border areas.
known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic, caused by a virus which is the most known diseases lethal, as was revealed the Ebola virus for the first time in 1976 in a district tropical western Sudan and in area neighboring Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of Congo). Did not score the disease outside the states of central and eastern Africa, and is divided Ebola virus to five patterns of viral separate a (Bundibugyo, Côte d'Ivoire, Reston, the Sudan and Zaire), has been shown to patterns of Bundibugyo, Sudan and Zaire caused the occurrence of extensive outbreaks of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Africa and led to the death of 25% to 90% of the total clinical cases, while it did not cause a pattern of Côte d'Ivoire and Reston in the occurrence of any such cases.
applies Ebola virus through contact with blood and body fluids that contain the virus, it can also be applied to the virus by the handle with wild animals carrying the virus (chimpanzees and gorillas, monkeys and antelopes, bats fruits), whether they are sick or dead, while there is no cure qualitative effective for this disease and limited treatment is generally to provide supportive care.
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Guinea: Donka Hospital doctor dies of suspected Ebola

Via Guin?enews.org: Haemorrhagic fever - Concerns after the death of a hospital doctor Donka ent?rr? in Labe. Excerpt from a Google translation:

.... Dr. El Hadj Mamadou Bah Oudy, Regional Director of Health (DRS) Labe explains: "I was informed yesterday by Dr Sakoba Keita who told me about a doctor who died in unclear circumstances and was buried in Labe. "

Immediately informed the DRS accompanied by a large delegation of doctors and humanitarian visited Seghen Ghogouya (sector 2 Safatou neighborhood). On site, the paternal uncle of the deceased (Dr. Diallo Abdourahmane) lent itself to our questions:

"It's colleagues Conakry and our relatives who live there who have brought here. They are all gone. The body was well protected, everything was done in Conakry. So that in fact the body was not exhumed here, it is out of the coffin to the funeral. After the funeral as they returned with the cash in Conakry. Personally I was among those who were in direct con...:tiphat: [link to crofsblogs.typepad.com]


:tiphat:http://guineenews.org/2014/04/fievr...dun-medecin-de-lhopital-donka-enterre-a-labe/

 

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Health Protection Agency: UK hospitals on Ebola 'alert'

<time datetime="2014-04-01" pubdate="" class="time-edited">Last updated Tue 1 Apr 2014</time>
The Health Protection Agency's director of Global Health has said that UK hospitals have been put on "alert" over Ebola after an outbreak of the virus killed at least 78 in Guinea, West Africa.


Dr Brian McClusky told ITV News: "What we have done is make sure all hospitals in the UK have been alerted, so if a patient turns up, who has those symptoms, who has been to that part of West Africa, they can be tested and looked after in specialist facilities in London.


He added: "The chance of it spreading outside West Africa is relatively small, because essentially people get ill relatively quickly. :magnify: They are not likely get on a plane and survive a journey.
"It's technically possible that somebody could get on a plane and arrive in the UK. It's extremely unlikely.":tiphat:http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-01/health-protection-agency-uk-hospitals-on-ebola-alert/

 

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Guinea Ebola outbreak 'limited geographic area' - WHO

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is taking "very seriously" the current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa.

Its spokesman Gregory Hartl stated that it was neither an epidemic, nor "unprecedented" - although medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) used that word on Monday to describe the outbreak.
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Guinea : WHO puts the extent of the Ebola outbreak

Posted on 01-04-2014 at 23:50

CONAKRY (Reuters ) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday played down the extent of the Ebola outbreak , even as Doctors Without Borders ( MSF) had estimated that it was unprecedented.

The number of suspected and confirmed cases in Guinea is 122 , including 80 deaths. Some cases have been reported in the capital Conakry. In neighboring Liberia , there were seven suspected or confirmed cases, including four deaths.

Asked if the current epidemic in West Africa was indeed unprecedented , spokesman Gregory Hartl of WHO said that there had been much larger outbreaks in the past in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.

"It's still relatively small . Larger epidemics are over 400 case," he said at a press conference in Geneva, adding that this was not the first time that cases were reported in a capital, since there had already been in Libreville, Gabon in the 1990s.

" We are facing an epidemic of unprecedented scale in the distribution of cases across the country," had said Monday Mariano Lugli , MSF coordinator in Conakry. " This geographical spread is a concern because it greatly complicates the task of the organization working in the containment of the epidemic," he added.

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Embassy of France in Conakry

Ebola : update April 1

Update on the situation Tuesday, April 1, 2014

1 . 1 new suspected case , who died in Conakry , who had been in contact with sick previously reported. So there is not, to date, a specific new outbreak in the Guinean capital . 4 new suspected cases and 2 deaths within the country : Gu?k?dou (2 suspected cases, 2 deaths ) , Kissidougou (1 case) , Dabola (1 case in connection with the two previous recorded deaths ) .

2 . Overall count : 127 suspected cases, 83 deaths , distributed as follows: Gu?k?dou ( 79 cases , 57 deaths ) , Macenta ( 23 cases , 14 deaths ) , Kissidougou (9 cases, 5 deaths ) Dabola (3 cases , 2 deaths ) , Dinguiraye (1 case , 1 death ) , Conakry (12 cases, 4 deaths ) .

3 . The main focus of the epidemic remains concentrated in three prefectures of Guinea forest in Gu?k?dou mainly Macenta and Kissidougou .
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Press release of MSF on 31 March 2014

Mobilisation against an unprecedented Ebola epidemic

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WHO says Guinea Ebola outbreak small as MSF slams international response

April 2, 2014 8:59am

CONAKRY - The World Health Organization on Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time) played down the extent of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus suspected to have killed over 80 in Guinea, a day after medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned of an unprecedented epidemic.
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Asked if the spread of the disease was unprecedented, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said there had been much larger outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
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"Ebola already causes enough concern and we need to be very careful about how we characterize something which is up until now an outbreak with sporadic cases," Hartl said.

However, MSF Director General Bruno Jochum said it was remarkable the outbreak had spread to several places and to a city of around two million people, Conakry.

"These two characteristics make it an exceptional event for an Ebola outbreak up until today," Jochum said, adding that given the high mortality rates among identified cases, it should be taken extremely seriously.
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Jochum said at a separate news conference in Geneva on Tuesday that MSF and other organizations such as the Red Cross and Pasteur Institute had been active on the ground but the response from state authorities and international public health organizations has been minimal.
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Guinea, the hardest hit by the outbreak, had the lowest ratio of hospital beds per capita in a World Bank survey of 68 nations in 2011, with just 0.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

Reuters

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