Friday, September 14, 2012
Officially, it was on August 17 that the Minister of Public Health Dr. Felix Kabange Numbi said the outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Eastern Province, specifically in the area of health Isiro.
But it appears that after compilation of this disease is rampant in this province since last May. To date, taking into account the data compiled, Dr. Felix Kabange indicates that 69 cases were reported including 31 deaths. "After compilation and analysis of retrospective and prospective data to date, the International Committee of technical and scientific coordination control believes that the epidemic had started in May 2012 and 69 cases have been recorded including health staff" says Dr. Felix Kabange adding that more than half of these cases occurred before the official declaration of the epidemic and other cases are detected prospectively thereafter.
Currently, five patients in isolation of one confirmed case. Regarding the total number of contacts, 508 contacts were recorded of which 159 are being followed and 349 are out. The case dates back to isolation admitted Tuesday, September 11.
However, as it is an epidemic that continues to plague this part of the country, Dr Felix Kabange states that data may change from day to day.
Regarding the epicenter of the disease, the health zone Isiro remains the main focus and area health Viadana home school.
There are several strains of Ebola. The current outbreak is caused by the Ebola Bundibugyo, which as explained by the Minister of Public Health, is different from the usual Ebola-Zaire strain that struck the DRC in 1976 in the province of Equateur, Bandundu in 1995 and Kasai-Occidental in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Speaking of the treatment of hemorrhagic fever, one should know that there is no specific treatment or vaccine. "It is a symptomatic treatment that is to say, they treat the signs of the disease. If the person is fever, it is given antipyretics," said the Minister of Public Health "... http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lobservateur.cd%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D7849%3Aepidemie-debola-en-ouganda-la-rdc-renforce-la-surveillance-aux-frontieres%26catid%3D44%3Apolitique%26Itemid%3D58
