US - CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa Today at 2:30 pm EST - July 28, 2014

[sharon sanders]

From: "Media@cdc.gov (CDC)" <sohco@CDC.GOV>
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Subject: CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Date: Jul 28, 2014 12:06 PM
Media Advisory

For Immediate Release
Monday, July 28, 2014

Contact: CDC Media Relations
(404) 639-3286


CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa

WHAT: CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. There is no significant risk in the U.S. While it is unlikely that the disease would spread if imported into the United States, the recent infections in U.S. healthcare workers working abroad highlight the need for vigilance. CDC is reminding U.S. healthcare workers of the importance of testing and isolating sick travelers returning from the affected areas.


WHO : Stephan Monroe, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC

WHEN : Monday, July 28, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. (ET)

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Transcript
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at the CDC web site at www.cdc.gov/media .


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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: US - CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa Today at 2:30 pm EST

Re: US - CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa Today at 2:30 pm EST

Notes:

Please read from bottom up -


FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 52s
Tele-briefing over. Transcript later on CDC site.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 2m
Monroe: Typical deployment for overseas health assistance is 30 days. Rotating staff. No CDC staff is involved in direct ebola patient care.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 4m
CDC: No commercial labs in US can test for ebola. Gov labs only.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 5m
Monroe: Emergency care facilities/providers need to routinely ask about travel history at initial contact.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 7m
Monroe: Multiple introductions of lassa in US over time did not result in spread - hopeful for ebola comparison.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 9m
FluTrackers forum on current ebola outbreak - by country: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2888 ?

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 13m
Monroe: General standard of health care available in the US would limit spread of ebola.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 16m
CDC Interim Ebola Exposure Guidance For Airlines, Flight Crews http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225822 ? @Fla_Medic

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 19m
Per@CDCgov-Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 - 21 days after exposure to ebolavirus though 8-10 days is most common http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/symptoms/index.html ?

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 22m
CDC ebola website http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 23m
Monroe: Stressing importance of identifying contacts of those infected & respecting 21 day ebola fever watch.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 29m
Monroe: Hemorrhagic fever present in only in 50% of ebola cases. Makes tracking potential cases harder.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 31m
Monroe: Ebola infection range is 2-10 days. Recommend the use of condoms after "recovery".

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 32m
Marty Setron: Level 2 travel alert for countries with ebola outbreak - enhanced precautions - defined here: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 37m
Monroe: Asking HCW to ask patients:travel history, symptoms, & follow infection control procedures if a case is suspected.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 38m
Monroe: Ebola spreads through direct contact with body fluid. CDC preparing for remote possibility of spread to US.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 40m
Monroe: 2 American health care workers ill with ebola in Monrovia. 1 is symptomatic & 1 has fever only. No ebola cases reported in US.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 41m
Monroe: Approx 12 CDC staff helping in outbreak - partially activated outbreak center to coordinate assistance.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 42m
Monroe: 1201 ebola cases in this outbreak with 672 deaths - largest in history - CDC has been assisting for 4 months.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 43m
Ebola update presenter - Stephan Monroe, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: US - CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa Today at 2:30 pm EST

Re: US - CDC Media Advisory: CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa Today at 2:30 pm EST

The CDC transcript and audio is available. One significant snip:

STEPHAN MONROE: We don't really have data on the number of U.S. nationals that are in these countries that are involved in humanitarian or other kinds of activities. So the second question, I mean there is a range of symptoms that are seen with Ebola. And the brain hemorrhage often associated with the illness in the popular media is seen in only roughly 50 percent of the cases. Many of the cases don't present with bleeding. So that makes the diagnosis more difficult at the early presentation because it can be easily confused with other diseases in the area like malaria and lassa fever and others.

http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/t0728-ebola.html