After battling Covid-19, Guinea declares first Ebola outbreak since 2016
Health officials in Guinea on Sunday confirmed that at least three people have died from Ebola there, the first cases declared since it was one of three West African nations to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic that ended five years ago.
Ebola Epidemic Confirmed
“I confirm it’s Ebola. The results prove it,” Minister of Health Remy Lamah told The Associated Press by phone.
The patients were tested for Ebola after showing symptoms of hemorrhagic fever and those who came in contact with the sick are already in isolation, said officials.
Tanzania on high alert over Ebola; sticks to traditional anti-Covid measures
Monday February 15 2021
A health worker at an Ebola quarantine unit on June 13, 2017 in Muma, Democratic Republic of Congo. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
A new outbreak in DRC has come just three months after authorities declared the end of its 11th outbreak.
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Tanzania has announced that it is on high alert following an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to Kigoma Regional medical officer Dr Simon Chacha, the country has strengthened testing around the borders and at its ports of entry.
This latest outbreak has surfaced in the eastern province of Kivu, and so far a second person has died.
Following a Press Release from the Government of the Republic of Guinea on Sunday, February 14, 2021, confirming seven reported cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) including three deaths, HE Retired Brig. Julius Maada Bio, instructed the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to inform the general public that even though there are no reported cases […]
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