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The World Health Organization has viewed each new outbreak since 2016 with great concern and has treated the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an international health emergency.
This Sunday, the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced the reappearance of the Ebola virus in the east of the country, after the death of a woman from this disease, three months after announcing the end of the previous wave of the epidemic.
On November 18, 2020, the country’s authorities announced the end of the eleventh wave of the Ebola virus in the state of Ecuador in the northwest of the country, which resulted in the death of 55 people from 130 infections.
The wide availability of vaccines that have been administered to more than 40,000 people has helped reduce the disease.
The Vaccine Alliance said "Cave" The outbreak that occurred between 2013 and 2016 accelerated development of an Ebola vaccine, with a global emergency reserve of 500,000 doses to respond quickly to any future outbreaks of the disease.
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Neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia put their citizens on high alert, while West African countries, as well as Guinea, witnessed the world’s worst Ebola outbreak between 2014 and 2016, which began in Guinea, where more than 11,300 died. persons. people because of it.
The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Mada Bio, consulted with the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde.
The new Ebola outbreak began in Nzerekore, in southern Guinea, where health officials discovered suspected Ebola cases among patients presenting with symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding.
The wounded participated in the burial of a nurse on February 1 in Goaque, according to the Minister of Health of Guinea, Remi Lamah, who added that the preliminary investigation revealed the existence of 7 cases, all of people over 25 years old, and two women and one man died.
“The government assures residents that they take all measures to prevent this epidemic as quickly as possible. It calls on all the inhabitants of the affected areas to comply with hygiene and prevention measures and inform the health authorities if there are some suspicious symptoms, “added the minister. in a sentence.
The pandemic was declared after Sunday’s crisis meeting. All the suspected cases were isolated in Nzerekore and Conakry, the capital. A treatment center has been opened and supplies have been sent to the area.
The World Health Organization has viewed each new outbreak since 2016 with great concern and has treated the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an international health emergency.
This Sunday, the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced the reappearance of the Ebola virus in the east of the country, following the death of a woman from this disease, three months after announcing the end of the previous wave of the epidemic.
On November 18, 2020, the country’s authorities announced the end of the eleventh wave of the Ebola virus in the state of Ecuador in the northwest of the country, which resulted in the death of 55 people from 130 infections.
And the wide availability of vaccines that have been given to more than 40,000 people has helped reduce the disease.
The Gavi Vaccine Alliance said the outbreak that occurred between 2013 and 2016 accelerated development of an Ebola vaccine, with a global emergency stockpile of 500,000 doses to quickly respond to any future outbreaks of the disease.
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