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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:
WHO Epi REport
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Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Republic of the Congo - update 2
16 June 2005
| Quote: | From 25 April to 16 June 2005, a total of 12 cases (1
laboratory-confirmed and 11 epidemiologically linked) including 9 |
deaths
has been reported in Etoumbi and Mbomo in Cuvette Ouest Region. The
last
reported death occurred on 26 May.
Eleven contacts of this last reported death have been followed until
today for 21 days, the maximum incubation period. None of these people
has been infected.
The Ministry of Health and the WHO Regional Office for Africa are
continuing to strengthen infection control and raise awareness about
the
disease among the population in the affected districts. |
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