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@rajacku | 12 October 18 | |
It might be the proper term to call them, but it at least beats calling them red Indians or redskins
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@mok214 | 11 November 18 | |
More than 200 people have now died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to health officials. About half the victims were from Beni, a city of 800,000 in the North Kivu region, the national health authority said. A vaccination programme has so far inoculated about 25,000 people. However, health minister Oly Ilunga said armed rebels were continuing to harass medical teams. In September, vaccinations were suspected in Beni when a rebel group launched an attack that lasted several hours. Congo has suffered from years of civil war and political upheaval. The current outbreak of Ebola, which began in July, is the 10th to hit the country since 1976. The virus is spread via small amounts of bodily fluid and infection often proves fatal. In its latest update, the health ministry said 291 cases had been confirmed and 201 deaths had been recorded. UN peacekeepers in the country have called on armed groups not to hinder medical workers fighting the disease. Mr Ilunga said, on Friday, that teams had faced threats, physical assaults, repeated destruction of their equipment and kidnapping. Two of our colleagues in the Rapid Response Medical Unit have even lost their lives in an attack, he added. Last week, the World Health Organization's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the lack of security was posing the greatest challenge in countering the current epidemic. |
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@mok214 | 13 February 19 | |
The outbreak is still ongoing in Congo, it is definitely another one of those long term outbreaks.
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@sisfreak2017 | 13 February 19 | |
@mok214 | 13 February 19 | |
Do you want zombies, because that's how you get zombies.
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@mok214 | 12 April 19 | |
A top Red Cross official said Friday he's more concerned than I have ever been about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus after a new spike in cases, as the World Health Organization met on whether to declare the outbreak in Congo an international health emergency. Emanuele Capobianco, head of health and care at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, cited Congolese health ministry statistics showing 40 new cases over two days this week. He called that rate unprecedented in this outbreak. The Ebola outbreak in Congo announced on Aug. 1 has become the second-deadliest in history, behind the West African one from 2014-16 that killed more than 11,300 people. Congo's health ministry on Thursday reported 1,206 confirmed and probable cases, including 764 deaths. To be designated a public health emergency of international concern, a situation must be serious, unusual or unexpected, threaten to infect other countries and require immediate international action. This outbreak has been like no other. Capobianco cited lack of trust about Ebola treatment in the community, which had never faced an outbreak of the virus before, and insecurity caused by rebel groups that has hurt aid efforts. The outbreak is occurring close to the borders of Uganda and Rwanda, with South Sudan not far away. Trish Newport, Doctors Without Borders' representative in Goma, a major crossroads city close to the outbreak, said declaring a global emergency wouldn't necessarily help stop the epidemic. Bigger is not necessarily better, she said. Doctors Without Borders is calling for patients to be treated in existing health centers rather than Ebola-specific clinics: It's very clear that people do not like or trust the Ebola centers and they are not coming to be treated. Newport said 75 percent of new Ebola cases have no obvious link to previous patients, meaning that officials have lost track of where the virus is spreading. |
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@jlh1182 | 12 April 19 | |
lockdown..
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@jlh1182 | 12 April 19 | |
If we move swift with containment the people will escape without running..
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@jlh1182 | 12 April 19 | |
Let's set a standard procedure for every person, anyone with a mobile number should be sent instructions of what to do via push or text, ping message- all channels, if we all move to the rythm we keep control..
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@jlh1182 | 12 April 19 | |
What are the basic elements that destroy microbes? Number one is sunlight, intense UV rays or direct long periods in sunlight..
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