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Canadian aid workers heading to Congo as part of Ebola outbreak response
Canadian Red Cross teams will help with contact tracing and treatment support as the World Health Organization reports almost 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths.
- Canadian Red Cross teams are deploying to the Congo to combat a rare, deadly Ebola outbreak, with operations lead Halifax-based Chiran Livera arriving within days and public health experts already en route.
- The World Health Organization reported Wednesday nearly 600 suspected cases and 139 deaths, though officials believe the actual spread is much larger; the Bundibugyo strain lacks specific vaccines or treatments.
- Canadian Trish Newport, an emergency manager for Doctors Without Borders, said current preparedness is insufficient: "you never have enough body bags to do safe and dignified burials" with 500 suspected cases.
- Livera's relief team will conduct contact tracing, provide psychological support, and transport patients to treatment centers, drawing on his experience from five of the Congo's 17 previous Ebola outbreaks.
- Meanwhile, the Public Health Agency of Canada is testing one person in Ontario who recently returned from East Africa, with samples at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg for Ebola confirmation.
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Canadian humanitarian workers, including the Red Cross, will assist the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the face of the Ebola epidemic.
·Montreal, Canada
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Canadian humanitarian workers will assist the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is facing an epidemic of Ebola disease caused by a rare and deadly virus.
·Montreal, Canada
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Canadian aid workers heading to Congo as part of Ebola outbreak response
TORONTO - Canadian aid workers are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where hundreds of people have likely been infected with a rare and deadly type of Ebola.
·Toronto, Canada
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