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    Default Re: Haemorrhagic fever / Ebola outbreaks have been reported - accident, natural or bio-weapon?

    2 days later, the recent outbreak in NE DR Congo has spread to 33 dead.

    An additional 43 suspected cases of Ebola were reported, including 13 confirmed by lab testing, according to WHO.

    The outbreak is spreading through five health zones in North Kivu province and one health zone in Ituri province.

    North Kivu also hosts over 1 million displaced people and there is fighting between government forces and armed militant groups. Patient tracking is next to impossible.

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    Zimbabwe Africa goes on high alert checking for Ebola in travelers (temperature check/background history) at it's borders.

    Another person dies in DR Congo. 34 reported died. 63 probable or suspected cases remain, up by 20 from the last few days.

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    As of Wednesday 8th August 36 have died in the NE region of DR Congo from the infection of Ebola Zaire strain.

    The primary solution to the outbreak is to massively immunize using the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine (still listed as experimental).

    Health workers will be the first to be vaccinated.

    The new deaths were reported in the towns of Beni and Mabalako, in the northern part of the Kivu province. North Kivu province is among Congo's most populated provinces, with eight million inhabitants.

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    41 now dead and 7 health care workers infected...

    A total of 57 cases have been identified, which officials say have grown larger than the previous outbreak.

    Voice of America (VOA) is announcing that the consensus is this outbreak could be worse than the others recently..

    At the moment 216 health workers and 20 people from the community have been vaccinated against Ebola.

    Vaccination seems to be the ONLY solution to being able to quell this outbreak..

    Health workers have begun working on case identification and contact tracing, as well as community outreach and educational programs. WHO is working with countries neighboring DRC, and is helping Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan strengthen their surveillance and screening programs to try to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from crossing their borders.

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    Another has died bringing the current reported death total to 42; the person formerly from Mandima, DR Congo.

    There are 9 new confirmed cases, including 6 in Mandima and 3 in Mabalako.

    Overall, that's 39 confirmed and 27 probable cases, and 36 suspected cases are under investigation .

    The current Ebola outbreak has spread into a neighboring province, the health ministry said.

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    As of Friday evening, there are 78 Ebola Zaire cases, 2 more people have died, making it now 44 deaths, and there are 10 health workers infected.

    It's now 51 confirmed cases, and the 27 probably is remaining constant.

    This current outbreak in NE DR Congo is now larger than the previous outbreak in Equateur province (DR Congo) that was declared over July 24. During that outbreak, 53 cases were reported, including 29 deaths.

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    As of Sunday, there are now 49 deaths reported, 5 more since Friday evening.

    There are now 90 cases reported.

    Confirmed cases are now up to 63. There are 27 listed as "probably Ebola" and that number appears to be remaining constant. (There is a 21 day wait and see period which accounts for the "probably").

    HOWEVER -

    Field teams also identified 2,157 "contacts"—people who may have been in contact with the virus—according to the health ministry.

    "May have had contact" - most worrisome.. A wildfire like (exponential) outbreak is a potential. Field teams have not said what the odds are for "probable", or "presenting symptoms".

    ref: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-...-contacts.html Medical Express dot com

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    As of today, reported are 55 dead, and confirmed cases for the Ebola Zaire infection, 69.

    This outbreak is currently 3 weeks in duration.

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    3 days later the reports are 103 people are now infected with the Ebola Zaire strain of the virus, in the NE part of DR Congo.

    The deaths reported are now at 63, up by 8 from the last few days.

    One of the doctors treating people in the town of Oicho in North Kivu, has come down with the virus infection.

    There are 14 healthcare workers with confirmed or probable infections, and one death among those healthcare workers.

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    Friday evening, two more people showed as infected, NE DR Congo. Total death count up by 4, now at 67.

    11 previously infected Ebola Zaire virus strain Patients have now survived, and have been released from care.

    There were 2 of the released patients that survived treated with a monoclonal antibody called "mab114" (the MAB series of monoclonal antibody treatments have been discussed earlier in this thread).

    Close to 3000 people have been vaccinated (Merck vaccine) since the start of this outbreak Aug 8th, 2018. The experimental vaccine has been shown to be effective.

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    Recent Ebola Zaire strain virus map of NE DR Congo:


    Uganda neighboring NE DR Congo is insisting that any people entering the Country step in chlorinated water baths to decontaminate their feet/shoes as well as having their temperature taken.

    Currently, 105 confirmed or suspected cases are being reported.

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    As of late August 25, a total of 111 cases were reported, of which 83 are confirmed and 28 probable. This includes 72 deaths.

    Fourteen health-care workers have been infected, with one dead.

    The cases have been reported in five health zones in North Kivu province and one health zone in Ituri.

    All the cases have been traced back to the outbreak's epicenter in Mabalako, according to the WHO.

    5 different treatments are being tested apparently - The Merck produced vaccine (originally from Canada) appears to be the method of choice. On August 20, 7,160 additional doses of vaccines arrived in Kinshasa and were to be promptly transported to Beni. An additional 2,160 doses of vaccine were expected to be shipped by the end of last week.

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    The deaths from the Ebola Zaire virus spread is now up to 75 as reported by the Health Ministry of the DR Congo.

    This could be a lull, or the vaccination efforts have served to quell the development of the virus into fully presenting. It is possible education campaigns and social media dialog within people in the affected areas have worked and people are being more cautious. "Communicate", "Educate", take "Precautions" apparently is the mantra.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) states that the next seven to 10 days are critical in controlling the spread of the current Ebola virus outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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    After a brief respite the Ebola Zaire strain which had resurfaced in NE DR Congo has spread into Butembo, a city of 1.4 million people in the country's northeast.

    Jessica Ilunga, a Ministry of Health communication officer, said Wednesday that Congo's government and the U.N. World Health Organization are taking immediate steps to contain the new Ebola case in the urban area.

    Butembo is the largest city in Congo's North Kivu province and health experts worry that the contagious Ebola could spread rapidly among its dense population.

    So far, health officials have identified 129 probable and confirmed cases. Eighty-nine people have died.

    Four of the 13 new cases from the city of Beni were not previously identified as contacts, meaning officials don't know how they were exposed to Ebola.

    At least 4,300 people had come into contact with someone infected with the Ebola virus, and more than half of those people remain under watch in case they develop symptoms.

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    Thanks Bob for the heads up. A percentage of those infected will fly to other places.
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    Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - CIDRaP EBOLA update DR Congo

    The newly reported cases include two from Mabalako, one from Beni, and two from Butembo, lifting the outbreak total to 137, including 106 confirmed and 31 probable cases.

    Those who have died have held steady at 92.

    Vaccination -

    People immunized with VSV-EBOV, Merck's Ebola vaccine, is at 8,738, which includes 544 in Butembo and 220 in Masereka, a health zone not far from Butembo.

    Other treatments -

    Regarding experimental treatments, 29 patients have received investigational drugs, including 14 who received mAb114, 9 who got the antiviral drug remdesivir, and 6 who received Zmapp.

    from: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-persp...ting-total-137

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    Today 22 Sept, Ebola has moved to the border of Uganda from DR. Congo - this could be a critical spread
    Authorities in Uganda are on high alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday confirmed a case of Ebola on its border with Uganda.

    The new infection is almost 200 km (125 miles) away from the nearest other known case in Congo’s current Ebola outbreak, which is believed to have killed 97 people since July and infected another 46 in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.

    Uganda has said it will deploy the same Canadian developed vaccine that is being used in DR Congo.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKCN1M02R2

    Quote In a statement on Thursday, the WHO said it was assisting Uganda, which has remained clear of Ebola so far this year, to set up the “ring vaccination” strategy being used in Congo.

    Under the strategy, every contact of an Ebola case including health workers and family members is traced and vaccinated.

    “The opportunity that vaccinating frontline health workers and ring vaccination provides to contain the disease (...) is one that must never be missed. That’s why we are making all these costly but necessary preparations”, WHO’s Uganda Representative Yonas Tegegn Woldermariam said in the statement.

    Uganda has identified spaces to store the vaccine and installed equipment to ensure it can be transported nationwide.

    Uganda has had five outbreaks since 2000, the latest in 2017. The contagious disease causes hemorrhagic fever, vomiting and diarrhea. Ebola killed 11,300 in West Africa in 2013-2016, though treatment during that outbreak was less advanced.

    The experimental vaccine, manufactured by Merck, was first deployed to the Congo this year. It is designed to target the Zaire strain of the virus, which was confirmed to have caused Congo’s current outbreak.
    Ituri province’s Vice Governor Keta Upar said in a statement that the latest Ebola case had been reported in Tchomia on the shores of Lake Albert. It is the closest the disease has come to Uganda, Congo’s eastern neighbour.

    Uganda’s health ministry said on Thursday it was preparing to deploy vaccinations against the virus should it spread to its territory.

    No confirmed case of #EBOLA in #Uganda.There's a confirmed case on the #DRC side of the border across L. Albert. Although there're cross-border movements, Uganda is on high alert & conducting entry screening & active surveillance for suspected Ebola patients.

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    25 September 2018

    Although there is an apparently temporary 'lull' in the storm, it may not last..

    Ebola 'PERFECT STORM' as WHO chiefs predict 'major outbreak within weeks'
    EBOLA could see a major outbreak "within weeks" as there is "perfect storm" conditions to allow the disease to run rampant, health chiefs have warned.

    The health chief, Dr Peter Salama warned Ebola could spread because of attacks by armed groups, community resistance and the geographic spread of the disease.

    Quote One hundred people have now died from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo with health authorities struggling to contain the deadly disease in the area near the borders with Uganda and Rwanda.

    A total of 149 cases of the deadly haemorrhagic fever have been reported in the region, with 118 confirmed and 31 probable, Congo's health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

    Of those 40 cases were cured and health authorities have vaccinated 11,417 people since August 8.

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    26 Sep 2018

    The death toll stands at 100 from the Ebola Zaire strain, and there is a new case in Tchomia, the small town near Lake Albert and the Ugandan border.

    That patient was identified as the partner of the case-patient first diagnosed in Tchomia last week. (see posts 1056,1057 above)

    from - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRap)

    The location is on the Uganda Border. Uganda tho states there "IS NO EBOLA in UGANDA !"

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    From the Health Ministry in DR Congo - more cases, more deaths
    The current epidemic in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces has seen over 140 confirmed cases since July, 108 of whom have died, according to the ministry’s daily bulletin, which has been reporting an average of one to two new confirmed cases per day in recent weeks.

    The ministry said the five new cases were located in the regional hub of Beni, where attacks by rebel groups in the area and local mistrust of the Ebola response campaign have disrupted treatment and vaccination programs.

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