visionary Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=https://t.co/IWyxlW1zuP Quote Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo, With at Least 3 Dead An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northern Democratic Republic of Congo and has killed at least three people in the past three weeks, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The affected zone is in a forested area of Lower Uele Province, and it is close to the border with the Central African Republic, the W.H.O. said. The outbreak is not linked to previous Ebola flare-ups in Congo, nor the one that tore through West Africa in 2014, killing more than 11,000 people, said Tarik Jasarevic, a W.H.O. spokesman. That outbreak was significant because it reached major cities and began in a part of Africa that had never seen Ebola before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 They have some vaccines that are essentially ready to go this time. Unless there is a significant difference in strains or just something odd and none of the vaccines work, they should be able to control it quickly. https://www.nature.com/news/ebola-vaccine-could-get-first-real-world-test-in-emerging-outbreak-1.21989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PeterMP Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 They've been vaccinating. https://www.biospace.com/article/four-experimental-ebola-vaccines-to-be-deployed-in-the-congo/ Obviously, the instability and lack of infrastructure in the area complicates both the vaccinating process and the tracking the results to know how well they are working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 This is one of my favorite photos from one of my medical mission trips to Uganda. I sent it home to my wife. She was not amused. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/29/2018 at 3:47 PM, visionary said: I assume that's a typo unless they're predicting the future from a year from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Ebola spreads to major Congo city as vaccines a concern The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccine will stand up to the demands of an epidemic with no end in sight. Butembo, with more than 1 million residents, is now reporting cases of the deadly hemorrhagic fever. That complicates Ebola containment work already challenged by rebel attacks elsewhere that have made tracking the virus almost impossible in some isolated villages. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 UN agency: Tanzania not sharing details on Ebola-like cases JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization has issued an unusual statement raising questions about whether Tanzania is covering up possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus, a significant cause for concern during a regional outbreak that has been declared a rare global health emergency. The statement Saturday says Tanzania’s government “despite several requests” is refusing to share the results of its investigations into a number of patients with Ebola-like symptoms and is refusing to ship patient samples to an outside WHO partner lab. Tanzania’s government, which has said it has no Ebola cases, could not immediately be reached for comment Sunday. The cases would be the first-ever Ebola infections confirmed in the East African country. The United Nations health agency says it was made aware on Sept. 10 of the death in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, of a patient suspected to have Ebola. A day later, it received unofficial reports that an Ebola test had come back positive. On Thursday, it received unofficial reports that a contact of the patient, who had traveled widely in the country, was sick and hospitalized. A rapid response is crucial in containing Ebola, which can be fatal in up to 90% of cases and is most often spread by close contact with bodily fluids of people exhibiting symptoms or with contaminated objects. The WHO statement said the lack of information from Tanzania made it difficult to assess potential risks. The Ebola outbreak based in neighboring Congo has infected over 3,000 people and killed nearly 2,000 of them. A few cases have been confirmed in neighboring Uganda as well, and other neighboring countries have been preparing for the outbreak’s possible spread. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Renegade7 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 So...Trump gonna blow off those blueprints for Ebola Obama made now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Renegade7 said: So...Trump gonna blow off those blueprints for Ebola Obama made now? No, he's too busy trying to blow himself. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, visionary said: Because the Rona wasn't enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Apocalypses now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Llevron said: Apocalypses now! Still trying to figure out what we did wrong to deserve this Somebody steal a cursed statue from an Ancient temple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Ya know. 2020 could at least let me finish level 5 before starting level 6. Sigh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredSkins Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 47 minutes ago, Mr. Sinister said: Still trying to figure out what we did wrong to deserve this Somebody steal a cursed statue from an Ancient temple? Build a Country on an ancient Native American burial ground? 😀 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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