Airlines seek delay of new U.S. health declaration as DRC Ebola deaths top 5,000
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Airline groups are urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider or delay a new health declaration requirement affecting passengers on U.S.-bound international flights. The requirement, described by travel and aviation outlets as applying to every passenger, is due to take effect Nov. 3 amid a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The DRC’s Ministry of Health reported Saturday that 5,026 people had died among 10,351 infections, a fatality rate of nearly 50%, according to the South China Morning Post. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, was declared in mid-May. About 80% of new cases are reportedly occurring outside monitored contact chains, and many patients have died without treatment.
Africa CDC also announced the death of Marie-France Shogogo, a doctor who contracted Ebola while responding to the outbreak. She died Oct. 28 at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, according to a Congolese journalist cited by Premium Times.
Cases have also been reported beyond the DRC. World Health Organization figures cited by Premium Times listed nine confirmed cases and two deaths in Kenya, one imported case in Nigeria, 20 cases and two deaths previously reported in Uganda, and one imported case in France whose patient was discharged.
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