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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Ebola - 3 People In Hospital Isolation Isiro


An emergency team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to fight against the Ebola epidemic raging in the Eastern Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has already been 15 victims. In a press release received yesterday Monday, September 10 at the newspaper Le Phare, the leaders of this humanitarian organization emphasize that three people are still in hospital isolation Isiro in the Eastern Province, which is the epicenter of the epidemic. "The last confirmed case was admitted to the treatment center on September 2," said Olimpia de la Rosa, MSF emergency coordinator.
The fact that there has been no new confirmed cases of Ebola virus last week suggests that the epidemic is far from over. Indeed, an area may be declared officially free of Ebola than 42 days after the last case was confirmed. 
An MSF team of 80 people working in collaboration with the Congolese Ministry of Health and other organizations to take patient care, to the active case finding and contact tracing, preventing the spread of the disease and conduct activities to promote health...