Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first case
Africa CDC says 44 contacts are being monitored as officials work to trace the source of Nigeria’s imported case and prevent wider spread.
- The Africa CDC scheduled an emergency virtual meeting for October 28 after Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola Bundibugyo infection.
- Nigeria said the patient, a woman who traveled through Uganda, is isolated, while officials monitor 44 identified contacts.
- The patient’s infection source remains under investigation, and Uganda’s health ministry said she only transited through the country.
- The outbreak has spread across three African regions, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo reporting more than 9,500 cases and over 4,500 deaths.
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The rapid spread of the Ebola outbreak in Africa has raised concerns among health officials. The outbreak, which originated in Congo, has spread to several countries. Poor surveillance, the movement of people, and a lack of health services are hampering the disease's containment.
Nairobi, Oct 23 (EFE).- Almost 3.5 million people face high levels of hunger in the areas affected by the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), warned the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this Friday. "In the areas affected by Ebola almost 3.5 million [...] The UN entry: 3.5 million people suffer from hunger in areas affected by Ebola in the DR Congo was first published in HolaNews.
WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria
The World Health Organization has warned that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent. Nigeria on Tuesday had announced an imported case of the Bundibugyo strain, currently causing a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was detected in the wife of a diplomat who had travelled from Uganda to the Nigerian capital Abuja. …
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