No Ebola cases found on quarantined river boat, Congo authorities say
Authorities said more than 200 passengers tested negative after a quarantined river boat was disinfected and examined for suspected Ebola exposure.
- On Friday, Congolese health authorities confirmed that passengers on a river boat intercepted near Kinshasa tested negative for Ebola, easing concerns the virus had spread following a traveler's death.
- Authorities intercepted the vessel in Maluku, 65 km from Kinshasa, on Wednesday after a 32-year-old man who traveled on board late last month died in Mongala province with symptoms matching Ebola.
- Screening occurred on Thursday for all 300 passengers, with National Institute of Biomedical Research head Jean-Jacques Muyembe noting only seven required testing because the others lacked symptoms of the virus.
- Congo continues battling an Ebola outbreak with 4,200 confirmed cases and over 1,900 deaths since May; provincial official Isabelle Lumbwe mandated screening for all boats arriving in Kinshasa to prevent spread.
- The medical charity Doctors Without Borders warned this week that the outbreak is "spreading at an alarming and unprecedented rate," noting that response efforts are not reaching communities quickly enough to break transmission chains.
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The boat that was detained this week 65 kilometers from Kinshasa due to suspected Ebola has been released along with its passengers. No cases of Ebola virus disease were detected on board, Congolese Health Minister Roger Kamba told RFI on Sunday, August 9. Investigations also established that the vessel did not originate from Kisangani, contrary to the initial information provided by the health surveillance system. This incident has led authorit…
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KINSHASA — No Ebola cases have been detected among more than 200 passengers quarantined aboard a river boat near Kinshasa, Congolese health authorities said...
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (AP) — Health authorities reported that no cases of Ebola have been detected among passengers of a river vessel that was quarantined near Kinshasa.
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No Ebola cases found on quarantined river boat, Congo authorities say
All passengers on a quarantined river boat near Kinshasa have tested negative for Ebola, authorities say.
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