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Omaha Steve

(99,662 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 03:52 PM Nov 2014

Congo says its separate Ebola outbreak is over

Source: AP-EXCITE

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese officials say its separate Ebola outbreak that killed dozens of people this year as an unrelated Ebola epidemic swept West Africa is now over.

Congo's Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi made the announcement Saturday.

Authorities said that at least 49 people died, including eight health workers, since Ebola erupted in Equateur province in northwestern Congo in August.

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That would be really good. But this is odd... (ETA) uppityperson Nov 2014 #1

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1. That would be really good. But this is odd... (ETA)

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 04:27 PM

Nov 2014

"Congo's Ebola cases were not related to those in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia."

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30068324

While the epidemic involved a separate strain of Ebola to the one devastating West Africa, Mr Kabange said that his country "remains threatened by the possible import of the Ebola virus disease" from the region.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/drc/2014-august.html

As of November 9, 2014, there have been 66 cases of Ebola virus disease reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In total, 49 deaths have been reported. No new reported contacts are being followed. Thirty-one days have passed since the last case tested negative twice and was discharged from the hospital. Once 42 days have passed, the country can be declared free of Ebola. This outbreak is unrelated to the current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/history/summaries.html
2014: Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

On August 26, 2014, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Equateur Province. The index case was a pregnant woman from Ikanamongo Village who butchered a bush animal. She became ill with symptoms of EVD, reported to a private clinic in Isaka Village, and died on August 11, 2014. Local customs and rituals associated with death meant that several healthcare workers were exposed to Ebola virus

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