Guinea Declares Ebola Epidemic, Reporting First Deaths Since 2016 Outbreak
Other countries in West Africa are on high alert.
The West African country of Guinea has officially declared that it is dealing with an Ebola epidemic after the deaths of at least three people from the virus.
They – and four others – fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after attending the burial of a nurse.
Newly developed vaccines will be acquired through the World Health Organization (WHO), officials said.
Between 2013 and 2016 more than 11,000 people died in the West Africa Ebola epidemic, which began in Guinea.
Health officials have lined this particular outbreak to a funeral at the beginning of February for a nurse from a rural health facility.
In a statement posted to Facebook, the Guinean minister of health said officials plan to isolate all suspected cases, begin contact tracing, and work on getting doses of the Ebola vaccine from the World Health Organization.
“The government reassures the people that all measures are being taken to stem this epidemic as soon as possible,” Rémy Lamah said, calling on Guinean citizens to report any Ebola symptoms to officials.
WHO staff are already on the ground, helping to set up testing and treatment facilities, the organization said. Because the epicenter of the outbreak is in a rural community near the border, the WHO is also working with health authorities in neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone to look for any evidence of cases there.
Other countries in West Africa are on high alert.
The current outbreak has again started in a border area of Guinea and the WHO says it is working with health authorities in Liberia and Sierra Leone to increase surveillance in border districts as well as improving the capacity to test for cases.
“It’s a huge concern to see the resurgence of Ebola in Guinea, a country which has already suffered so much from the disease. However, banking on the expertise and experience built during the previous outbreak, health teams in Guinea are on the move to quickly trace the path of the virus and curb further infections,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, in a statement.
Let’s hope the World Health Organization does a better job handling this situation than the coronavirus outbreak last year at this time.
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With victim headed straight for the middle of the US for treatment.
Ebola does not spread easily – unless the Chinese have been screwing with it.
Send him to that psycho pelosi’s house. After he gets better, send him to Harris for a good time.
Hmm. We might have to go with triple-masking to prevent this one.
“Let’s hope the World Health Organization does a better job handling this situation than the coronavirus outbreak last year at this time.”
The guy running the show is bush league and a China stooge to boot.
Doctor Fauxi to the rescue!!!
No thank you! I’d rather call a veterinarian.
I’d rather call a taxidermist for fauci
I was going to post Get Dr Fouci on it.
Yes! Put him on an airliner ASAP. Open-return ticket. Paid for with a Nigerian advance money order.
this is the kind of pandemic we need to worry about, not the colds cousin.
Now THIS is a scary shit pandemic.
None of this 99% survival rate and the ones dying are over 60 with comorbidities.
You get Ebola, it doesn’t matter if you’re young, old, healthy, infirm. You die.
The only reason it hasn’t wiped out the entire population of Africa is
gah stupid no edit button.
Anyway, the only reason it hasn’t wiped out the entire population of Africa is that it is very difficult and slow to spread, requiring direct contact with bodily fluids.
Trying to reply and downvoted, sorry. Body fluids are why AIDs spread like a wild fire.
AIDs is also a lot slower at killing and has fewer early symptoms.
When someone is bleeding from every orafice, it’s easy to convince people to avoid them.
Yeah, but not among people over 60.
Age and treachery once again triumphs over youth and lechery.
So, people are getting fed up with the COVID-19 fear porn, and now they’re going to try using Ebola to frighten and control us? Does anyone doubt they’d do it if they thought it would work?
No No No! I’m waiting for the murder hornets!