Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola outbreak spreads across regions
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will convene an extraordinary virtual meeting of national health officials on October 28 as a major Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spreads across central, eastern and western Africa.
More than 9,500 infections and about 4,600 deaths have been reported in the DRC since the Bundibugyo virus outbreak was declared in May. The World Health Organization has described the outbreak as complex and urged countries in the region to maintain a high level of readiness. No approved vaccine or treatment is available for the Bundibugyo strain.
Kenya reported a second Ebola death on Friday, involving a 65-year-old woman who developed symptoms while quarantined after contact with the country’s first fatal case. Kenyan authorities said nine cases have been confirmed in one cluster, including the two deaths, with seven patients receiving treatment and no evidence of community transmission. They have traced and quarantined 135 contacts.
Nigeria confirmed an imported case in Abuja on Tuesday in a woman who recently traveled from Uganda. Authorities identified 44 high-risk contacts and quarantined some of them. Africa CDC said investigators were examining, but had not established, a link between the Nigerian and Kenyan cases; both patients traveled through Uganda’s Entebbe airport on October 3.
The outbreak has prompted wider precautions. Ghana strengthened airport screening, traveler monitoring and laboratory readiness, while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will require foreign passengers bound for the United States to certify that they have not recently traveled to the DRC.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Change the U.S. travel requirement to future tense so its implementation status matches the source. - "the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced certification requirements concerning recent travel to the DRC for foreign passengers bound for the United States": The source says the CDC will require this certification, not that it has already introduced the requirement.
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Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola outbreak spreads across regions
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will convene an extraordinary virtual meeting of national health officials on October 28 as a major Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spreads across central, eastern and western Africa.
More than 9,500 infections and about 4,600 deaths have been reported in the DRC since the Bundibugyo virus outbreak was declared in May. The World Health Organization has described the outbreak as complex and urged countries in the region to maintain a high level of readiness. No approved vaccine or treatment is available for the Bundibugyo strain.
Kenya reported a second Ebola death on Friday, involving a 65-year-old woman who developed symptoms while quarantined after contact with the country’s first fatal case. Kenyan authorities said nine cases have been confirmed in one cluster, including the two deaths, with seven patients receiving treatment and no evidence of community transmission. They have traced and quarantined 135 contacts.
Nigeria confirmed an imported case in Abuja on Tuesday in a woman who recently traveled from Uganda. Authorities identified 44 high-risk contacts and quarantined some of them. Africa CDC said investigators were examining, but had not established, a link between the Nigerian and Kenyan cases; both patients traveled through Uganda’s Entebbe airport on October 3.
The outbreak has prompted wider precautions. Ghana strengthened airport screening, traveler monitoring and laboratory readiness, while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introducedwill certification requirements concerning recent travel to the DRC forrequire foreign passengers bound for the United States.States to certify that they have not recently traveled to the DRC.
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