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Note the shorter time frame here:

http://wireupdate.com/ebola-outbreak-in-northeastern-dr-congo-kills-at-least-6.html

Ebola outbreak in northeastern DR Congo kills at least 6
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KINSHASA, DR CONGO (BNO NEWS) -- A serious outbreak of Ebola is believed to be responsible for at least six deaths in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local and international health authorities said on Friday. It is unrelated to a deadly outbreak in neighboring Uganda last month.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was notified by the Congolese Ministry of Health of a suspected Ebola outbreak in the towns of Isiro and Dungu, both located in the province of Orientale which borders the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north and Uganda to the east.

Three samples taken from two patients were taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in the Ugandan city of Entebbe where they tested positive for the Bundibugyo species of the deadly Ebola virus. Authorities in the region have so far reported 10 suspected cases, including six deaths, of which nine were in Isiro and one in Dungu.

Details about the suspected and confirmed Ebola cases were not immediately released, but the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the first case was reported on August 1, and additional cases have been reported since. But the country's poor health system and the remote but busy towns have worried some experts that the disease may spread.

The Congolese Ministry of Health (MoH) has convened a national task force to coordinate the response to the outbreak and is working with international health agencies. A joint MoH, WHO and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) emergency response team is already in the area to conduct a detailed epidemiological investigation and case management.

An international team comprised of epidemiologists, logisticians, anthropologists and social mobilization officers is also being mobilized for possible deployment to the area. "Control activities that are being carried out include active case finding and contact tracing, enhanced surveillance, case management, public information and social mobilization and reinforcing infection control practices," a WHO spokesperson said.

The outbreak in DR Congo is unrelated to an outbreak in Uganda last month, where a different strain of Ebola killed sixteen people and infected up to eight others. Ugandan health authorities have said the outbreak there is under control, with no new confirmed cases since August 4.

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http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2012/08/17/rdc-le-virus-ebola-tue-7-personnes-en-province-orientale/

DRC: Ebola kills 7 people in Eastern Province
published 15 hours ago, 36 minutes | Last Update August 17, 2012 at 10:39 | in News, The One, National Health.
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The epidemic of Ebola virus was declared the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Minister of Public Health, Felix Kabange Numbi said that this Friday, August 17 twelve cases including seven deaths were recorded in Eastern Province. It invites the public to observe measures of individual and collective hygiene, indicating that to date there is no drug or vaccine to fight against this epidemic that has resurfaced in Uganda at the beginning of July.
Felix Kabange request all Congolese to avoid touching any animal found dead in the forest or eating meat.

"We must also avoid touching unprotected blood, vomit or urine of a patient who died or who suffers from a viral hemorrhagic fever," he adds.

The Minister assured that "soon these preventive measures will be applied, the faster the spread of disease will be stopped."

The last cases of Ebola have been identified in the DRC in 2007 in the region of Mweka and Luebo (Kasai Occidental), killing one hundred and sixty-eight people on four hundred patients registered in four months.

The Ebola virus causes severe bleeding, fatal in 50 to 90% of cases. The main symptom occurs after an incubation period of ten days on average, by a sudden onset of fever, accompanied by muscle aches, vomiting and diarrhea. If medical assistance is not fast enough, the patient died a few days to cardiorespiratory shock.

This virus was first identified in 1976 after the occurrence of major epidemics in Sudan and northern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is one of the rivers of this country who gave his name to that virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified over 20 epidemic outbreaks in West Africa since the outbreak of Ebola, seven of which have killed over 180 people.

At the beginning of July that the disease has resurfaced in Africa in Uganda. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ugandan authorities have identified 16 deaths during the month of July. President Museveni has also been broadcast on July 30 last audio message calling on his countrymen to be vigilant.

 

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Machine translated from French;

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) The DRC confirmed cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Isiro, Capital of Upper Uele (Eastern Province).
Postponement- World Health Organization
Note for Media No. 47

The Minister of Public Health of the DRC, Dr. Felix Kabange Numbi confirmed Friday, August 17, 2012 the occurrence of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Isiro, County town health district of Upper Uele, about 570 kilometers northeast of Kisangani, capital of Orientale Province.

To date, "a total of 11 probable or confirmed cases (10 to 1 in Dungu and Isiro) with 9 deaths (8 to 1 in Dungu and Isiro) have been reported," said the Minister of Health during a press conference in Kinshasa, adding that laboratory results provided by the Institute of Uganda Virus Research Entebbe (UVRI) have confi rmed two positive cases Ebola Bundibugyo strain Isiro, city of more than 200 thousand inhabitants.

Currently, 47 people contacts are under surveillance in the area of ​​health Isiro which 44 are from the village of Zambasende and 3 of the Health Zone Dungu.

Meanwhile, emergency crews mixed the Ministry of Public Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), Center for Disease Control (CDC-Atlanta) and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) are working closely on site for the response to this outbreak.

"I ask all people of the DRC to take action to address this epidemic, observing the strict measures of collective and individual hygiene and avoid eating meat from animals found dead in the forest, or even touch the corpse of a dead person of viral haemorrhagic fever, "said Dr. Kabange Numbi.

"This hemorrhagic fever, a highly contagious and kills between 25 and 90% of patients," noted for its part, the WHO Representative in the DRC, Dr. L?od?gal Bazira. He launched a "call to action for all partners to stop the epidemic as soon as possible".

For additional information, please contact:
Dr. L?od?gal Bazira, WHO Representative in the DRC
Email: baziral@cd.afro.who.int
M. Eugene Kabambi, Communication, Media & Advocacy, DPR / WHO DRC
Email: kabambie@cd.afro.who . int

http://reliefweb.int/report/democra...cas-de-la-fièvre-hémorragique-à-virus-ebola-à

 

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Published Date: 2012-08-18 18:31:42
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola fever - Congo DR (03): (OE) Bundibugyo virus conf
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EBOLA FEVER - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (03): (ORIENTALE) BUNDIBUGYO VIRUS CONFIRMED
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Date: Fri Aug 2012
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http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_08_18/en/index.html


Ebolavirus outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
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On 17 Aug 2012, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of Ebola fever in the Isiro and Dungu Health Zones of Province Orientale in Eastern DRC. A total of 10 suspected cases (9 in Isiro and 1 in Dungu) and 6 deaths (5 deaths in Isiro and 1 in Dungu) have been reported.

Laboratory investigations conducted at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, confirmed Ebola virus (Bundibugyo species). Three samples taken from two patients turned out positive for Ebola virus. A National Task Force convened by the Congolese Ministry of Health, is working with several partners including WHO, MSF, and CDC. A joint MoH, WHO, and MSF emergency response team are in the field to conduct a detailed epidemiological investigation and case management.

WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health in the areas of coordination, surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory, case management, logistics for outbreak, public information, and social mobilization. An additional team of experts from Congo, DRC, and IST/Gabon comprised of an epidemiologist, a logistician, an anthropologist, and social mobilisation officers are being mobilized for possible deployment in the field. Control activities that are being carried include active case finding and contact tracing, enhanced surveillance, case management, public information, and social mobilization and reinforcing infection control practices.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Democratic Republic of Congo.

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ProMED-mail rapporteur Marianne Hopp

[Laboratory investigations conducted at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, have established the causative agent to be the ebolavirus species Bundibugyo virus (BDBV). Consequently the outbreaks presently occurring in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are likely to be independent events. The Ugandan outbreak is caused by the ebolavirus species Sudan virus and the DRC outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus (originally identified in an earlier outbreak occurring in Uganda). Further information is awaited.

 

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General location maps of the 10 suspected cases of ebolavirus (Bundibugyo virus) outbreak in Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Information from post 24 above)

Isiro Health Zone (9 suspected cases, 6 deaths)

Dungu Health Zone (1 suspected case, 1 death)

The map below shows the location of Dungu and Rungu Territories (Isiro) within Haut Uele (sub region? of Orientale Province) in the DRC from reliefweb.



The map directly below shows the geographic relationship between the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the DRC and the Outbreak of ebolavirus (Sudan) in Kibaale District, Uganda.

 

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Machine translated from French (hat-tip Pathfinder). Actually, for the number of suspect cases (10-12), the number of contacts under monitoring (44) seems a bit low, perhaps as a result of the remoteness of the area. By comparison, the 24 probable cases in Kibaale resulted in over 400 individuals being placed under monitoring.

http://radiookapi.net/actualite/201...es-prend-des-mesures-contre-la-fievre-debola/

Isiro: the epidemic crisis committee takes action against Ebola
published 17 hours ago, 18 minutes | Last update August 18, 2012 at 7:14 |

Isiro met this Saturday, August 18, the Crisis Committee epidemics Isiro District in Eastern Province has taken measures to restrict the spread of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Population should not shake hands or be in contact with a person suffering from this disease.
So far, Ebola has killed six people. These latest figures revealed by the Chief Medical Officer of Health District interim, Dr. Jacques Gumbaluka, revising down those Friday who reported 7 deaths.

Declared epidemic in DRC Friday, August 17, fever Ebola killed six of the ten suspected cases recorded. For now, some patients are in isolation and other supervision, as stated by the Chief Medical Officer ad interim health district:

"Currently, we have two patients in isolation and forty-four contact persons under surveillance. Among these suspects, there are eleven health professionals and thirty-three family members of suspects. "

While these patients are followed, the crisis committee epidemics Isiro District in Eastern Province has taken measures at the community level:

■ Do not shake hands;
■ Do not touch any animal found dead in the forest;
■ Do not handle the meat;
■ Do not touch unprotected vomit, blood, stool of a patient with Ebola or has been unsuccessful;
■ Do not sleep with the patient Ebola;
■ not remain unprotected near a sick Ebola;
■ Do not touch or handle contaminated clothing and other items;
■ Do not touch and / or wash corpses;
■ be injected under conditions of protection issued by standards in such circumstances.
On Friday, the Minister of Public Health, Felix Kabange Numbi, invited the public to observe hygiene measures individually and collectively. He recalled that so far, there is no vaccine or drug to fight against this epidemic. Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda resurfaced in early July. Which has been identified in the area of ​​health Isiro is of type "Mbudibugio" [Bundibugyo - alert].

 

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Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.a24fb352dbca8778c3acc558060f5fa5.451

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
(AFP) ? 15 hours ago

KINSHASA ? Nine people have died in an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Health Minister Felix Kabangue said on Saturday.

The deaths were among 11 "probable or confirmed" cases detected in the town of Isiro in the north of the country, the minister was quoted as saying in a statement released by the World Health Organisation...

 

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Machine translated from French.

http://www.mediacongo.net/show.asp?doc=23303

Ebola: 11 probable or confirmed cases with 9 deaths in the DRC



Eleven probable or confirmed cases of viral hemorrhagic fever like Ebola, with 9 deaths were reported in the town of Isiro in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said Saturday the Minister of Health in this country, Dr. Felix Kabange Numbi.

According to the minister, said in a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) laboratory tests carried out by the Institute Uganda Virus Research Entebbe (UVRI), confirmed the presence of strain Bundibugyo this disease in this city of 200,000 inhabitants.

Isiro, capital of Haut-Uele in Orientale Province, is located a few hundred kilometers from the Ugandan region affected by the disease in recent weeks.

Sixteen people were killed in Uganda since the beginning of the last Ebola outbreak in early July in western countries. The home was in western Uganda, about 200 kilometers from Kampala and about 50 kilometers from the border with the DRC.

A Ugandan official had said earlier this week told AFP that the epidemic was under control.

In the DRC, emergency crews mixed the Ministry of Public Health, the WHO, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC-Atlanta) and M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) are working closely together on site, said the WHO.

According to the WHO press release, the Minister asked the entire population of the DRC to mobilize to deal with this epidemic, observing strict hygiene measures collectively and individually, and not eating meat of animals found dead in the forest, or to touch the corpse of a dead person of viral hemorrhagic fever.


Kinshasa, 08/18/2012 (AFP / MCN, via mediacongo.net)

 

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This Xinhua article gives different numbers.

Machine translation of French News Cn:

"Aug. 18 (Xinhua) - At least 14 cases of Ebola virus, including seven deaths, have been recorded in the Eastern Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), confirmed Saturday F?lix Kabange Numbi, Minister Congolese Health.

..."In a few days we will find preventive measures and the spread of this epidemic will stop," said he reassured.

The non-governmental organization (NGO) M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) has not confirmed this information by, yet it has sent samples for review by the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) to Kinshasa. "

 

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86 cases of contact (virus) have been identified and that we should follow. It has not yet seen them all. In deaths, it is 9. And suspected cases, there is still work that is underway by the field teams to make a definitive list :tiphat:http://translate.google.com/transla...-belgique-ouganda-oms-epid%C3%A9mie-&ns_fee=0

 

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Ebola: Uganda sends medical team to Congo
Publish Date: Aug 20, 2012

By Anne Mugisa And Ismael Kasooha
The Ministry of Health will send health experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help them combat an outbreak of the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever there.
The ministry?s permanent secretary, Dr. Asuman Lukwago, said this was intended to prevent the disease from spilling over into Uganda, which is emerging from another Ebola epidemic.
By yesterday, reports indicated that one person had died of Ebola and three others were infected in northeastern Congo.
The outbreak is in Isiro, a busy town in the DRC?s Oriental province which shares a border with Uganda. ..:tiphat:http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/634322-ebola-uganda-sends-medical-team-to-congo.html

 

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DRC: a form of border control to stop the spread of Ebola virus

August 20, 2012 at 3:33


Now, every traveler must complete a form on arrival in Kinshasa in all border crossings. The National Hygiene border, former leadership of international quarantine announced this control on Sunday, August 19 to restrict the spread of Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

According to the deputy national director of the National Hygiene border, Dr. Michel Musudi, this medical form is a way to collect from the traveler the symptoms of Ebola.

"This fact sheet will tell where he is going and who they should contact. On the plug, it has the destination address. In case he showed symptoms of the disease at the border, we could take her to a health center. If there are many signs that fall within the definition of cases, we will harvest samples. And if it turns out that the person is positive, can be traced to any individuals with whom she had contact. "

Indeed, the director of the National Institute of biomedical research and virologist, Dr. Muyembe has recalls that there is to date, "no drug or vaccine against Ebola virus." He said the only remedy against this disease is to break the transmission chain. And for this we must:
Isolate the sick;
Protect the medical team;
Detect anyone in contact with patients;
Follow them for 21 days to isolate and analyze their blood during fever.

Before the introduction of this sheet border, the Crisis Committee epidemics District Isiro, where cases have been detected for the current outbreak, had taken some steps to stop the spread of the disease.

Hand hygiene and food is highly recommended. It is forbidden to shake hands or be in contact with someone with this disease. Moreover, it is forbidden to touch or wash the body of a deceased person of Ebola hemorrhagic fever.

The Ebola outbreak was declared in the DRC last week with twelve cases including six deaths, according to the district medical officer of Isiro Interim Health, Dr. Jacques Gumbaluka. The Minister of Public Health, Dr. Felix Kabange Numbi said last weekend that the disease was detected in the Dungu district in Isiro and Vianana in the Eastern Province.

"There was an alert in Bukavu in South Kivu. But the analyzes are ongoing, "said the minister:tiphat:http://radiookapi.net/actualite/201...eres-pour-arreter-lexpansion-du-virus-debola/

 

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A somewhat questionable report that this outbreak may have hegan with a hunter finding a dead antelope in the forest. Antelopes are not known as a carrier of Ebola, as far as I am aware:

http://www.lobservateur.cd/index.ph...-province-orientale&catid=47:nation&Itemid=49

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This epidemic has been reported in the Eastern Province precisely in Dungu, Viadana and Isiro. In these three jurisdictions has already recorded 12 confirmed cases including 7 deaths: In Dungu, there was 1 death; Isiro, 3 deaths and Viadana, 3 deaths. The current outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Province is part of a hunter who d?pi?c? an antelope found dead in the forest.

 

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Re: Dem. Rep. Congo - 11 probable/confirmed cases (9 fatal) of hemorrhagic fever in Orientale province - Ebola Bundibugyo confirmed

A somewhat questionable report that this outbreak may have hegan with a hunter finding a dead antelope in the forest. Antelopes are not known as a carrier of Ebola, as far as I am aware:

http://www.lobservateur.cd/index.ph...-province-orientale&catid=47:nation&Itemid=49

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This epidemic has been reported in the Eastern Province precisely in Dungu, Viadana and Isiro. In these three jurisdictions has already recorded 12 confirmed cases including 7 deaths: In Dungu, there was 1 death; Isiro, 3 deaths and Viadana, 3 deaths. The current outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Province is part of a hunter who dépiécé an antelope found dead in the forest.

OK. I've been thinking about this, and can think of several explanations for this report:

1. The animal was misidentified, and in reality was a primate such as a chimpanzee or ape that died of the Ebola virus.

2. The antelope was killed or scavenged by an Ebola-infected primate or bat, who left blood or other bodily fluids behind, which the hunter came in contact with.

3. Antelopes really can carry the Ebola virus, something no one ever reported before. The antelope could have been infected by a bat.

4. The hunter who ate the dead antelope really died of anthrax or something else unrelated to the Ebola outbreak; his case was just mistakenly associated with this outbreak. The confirmed cases are the more recent ones, as the earliest cases likely died without sample.

5. The fact that a hunter scavenged a dead antelope has nothing to do with the source of the outbreak; locals may just be looking for an explanation and trained to blame wild animals. Given that there are 12-14 suspected cases, it isn't too hard to imagine that at least one of them might have eaten a wild animal in the couple weeks preceeding his death.

We will have to wait to see if we can get confirmation or further details of this report.

 

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Hat-tip Pathfinder.

http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_Fie..._le_nord_est_de_la_RD_Congo52200820121905.asp

Ebola: MSF (Belgium) strengthens its team in the north-eastern DR Congo

KINSHASA - Doctors Without Borders (MSF-Belgium) strengthens its intervention Isiro in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has begun.

Three people arrived Monday and five more are expected on Tuesday to help teams of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Department of Health, told AFP Weggheleire of Anga, medical coordinator for MSF Belgium .

The virus activity in this region is different from that which affected neighboring Uganda, according to the same source. DRC is struck by the virus less virulent Bundibungyo-theoretically-, while in Uganda it was a strain that has plagued Sudan, said Madame de Weggleheire.

The alert was launched 10 days ago and after thorough examination, WHO confirmed Saturday that the epidemic has infected a dozen people and killed about ten others.

The epidemic extends Isiro, a city of about 200,000 inhabitants to neighboring communities as Viadana, Dungu and Pahoua.

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Uganda sending health team to DR Congo.

New Vision:

"Ebola: Uganda sends medical team to CongoPublish Date: Aug 20, 2012

The Ministry of Health will send health experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help them combat an outbreak of the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever there.

The ministry?s permanent secretary, Dr. Asuman Lukwago, said this was intended to prevent the disease from spilling over into Uganda, which is emerging from another Ebola epidemic.

By yesterday, reports indicated that one person had died of Ebola and three others were infected in northeastern Congo.

The outbreak is in Isiro, a busy town in the DRC?s Oriental province which shares a border with Uganda.

?We are just coming out of battling Ebola. We have to take all measures, including the possibility of sending a team there to help them stop it and ensuring that it does not spill over here,? Lukwago said yesterday. "

 

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South Sudan Border Closed Following Ebola Outbreak in DRC


The Acting Governor of Western Equatoria State Sapana Abuyi has ordered for the closure of the border between Western Equatoria State and Democratic Republic of Congo following reports of Ebola disease outbreak in Dungu and Isiro Provinces in Democratic Republic of Congo.


20 August 2012

Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) staffs attend an Ebola patient inside an isolation ward in Bundibugyo December 12, 2007 in this picture released by MSF.(Reuters/Claude Mahoudeau/MSF/Handout)
By Joseph Nashion
YAMBIO, 20 August 2012 [Gurtong] - Reports indicate that at least one person has died after an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The governor issued an order yesterday barring travellers from moving between the two countries in a preventive move aimed at preventing the spread of the deadly disease.
?Any person presently at the boarder should refrain from direct body contacts and hand-shaking with anybody from across the border in DRC,? says the order signed by the Acting Governor.
The security agents have been instructed not to allow the movements of people as the market places at the border remain closed.
All state institutions, departments and travellers between the two countries have been urged to strictly adhere to the order.
?All health personnel in the state are ordered to be on high alert and monitor the situation,? says Abuyi.
The South Sudan government had in July issued an Ebola alert following the disease outbreak in Uganda.
South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo share a lot in terms of population movements and trade. As a result people moving from one place to other could spread the disease.
A total of 36 cases with 16 deaths have been recorded in Uganda since July. Two of them are health workers.
Ebola is a highly infectious disease, which presents with high grade fever and bleeding tendencies. It is very infectious, kills in a short time but can easily be prevented.
The signs and symptoms of the disease include fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, headache, measles‐like rash, red eyes and sometimes with bleeding from body openings.
Ebola can be spread through direct physical contact with body fluids like saliva, blood, stool, vomit, urine, vaginal secretions and sweat from an infected person and soiled linen used by a patient.
It can also be spread through using skin piercing instruments that have been used by an infected person.
A person can get it by getting in touch with a dead body of a person who has died of the disease.
There is neither cure nor treatment, but some infected people have recovered from the disease.:tiphat:http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editoria...r-Closed-Following-Ebola-Outbreak-in-DRC.aspx

 

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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (update 20 August 2012)
20 August 2012 - On 17 August 2012, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Province Orientale in Eastern DRC.

As of 20 August 2012, a total of 15 (13 probable and 2 confirmed) cases with 10 deaths had been reported. The reported cases and deaths have occurred in 3 health zones as follows: 12 cases and 8 deaths in Isiro, including three (3) health care workers who have died; 2 cases and no deaths in Pawa; and 1 fatal case in Dungu.

The Congolese Ministry of Health has convened a National Task Force and is working with several partners including WHO, UNICEF, M?decins sans Fronti?res (MSF) Suisse, MSF Belgique and the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Similar Task Forces have been established at provincial and district levels to oversee and guide the response.

A joint MoH, WHO and MSF emergency response team is in the field to conduct a detailed epidemiological investigation and support case management. Control activities that are being carried out include active case finding and contact tracing, enhanced surveillance, case management, public information and social mobilization, and reinforcing infection control practices.

WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health in the areas of coordination, surveillance, field epidemiology, laboratory, case management, outbreak logistics, public information and social mobilization. An additional team of epidemiologists, a logistician, an anthropologist and social mobilization officers is being mobilized from the DRC, Republic of Congo, the WHO AFRO regional rapid response team, WHO Inter-Country Support team (IST) based in Gabon, and WHO HQ, for possible deployment in the field.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Democratic Republic of Congo.

http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters...-republic-of-congo-update-20-august-2012.html

 

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Re: Dem. Rep. Congo - 15 probable/confirmed cases (10 fatal) of hemorrhagic fever in Orientale province - Ebola Bundibugyo confirmed

Re: Dem. Rep. Congo - 15 probable/confirmed cases (10 fatal) of hemorrhagic fever in Orientale province - Ebola Bundibugyo confirmed

From ProMED moderator CP:

Published Date: 2012-08-20 22:00:04
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola hemorragic fever - Congo DR (04): (OE)
Archive Number: 20120820.1253396

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (04): ORIENTALE PROVINCE
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This report raises the number of fatalities from the 6 reported by the WHO on 17 Aug 2012 to 10. No additional information is provided beyond that contained in the WHO statement reported in ProMED-mail post 'Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (03): (OE) Bundibugyo virus conf 20120818.1250930'. The number of people affected, previously given as 10, is not stated. Further information is awaited. The simultaneous outbreak of Ebola virus infection in close proximity, caused by different strains of the virus, suggests that some climatic or environmental factor may be involved.

[I think I agree. Something has changed. We had one human Ebola infection total in 42 months, and now we had two outbreaks with different strains within a couple weeks. Has something increased human contact with apes or bats? Is there a large, multi-strain epizootic occurring in animals? Has recent construction or developemnt driven large number of infected animals into populated areas? Unclear. - alert]

 

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Re: Dem. Rep. Congo - 15 probable/confirmed cases (10 fatal) of hemorrhagic fever in Orientale province - Ebola Bundibugyo confirmed

Re: Dem. Rep. Congo - 15 probable/confirmed cases (10 fatal) of hemorrhagic fever in Orientale province - Ebola Bundibugyo confirmed

Deadly Ebola virus strikes Congo:tiphat:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?utm_s...-congo-ebola-outbreak-bazira.cnn?eref=edition