Posted on 05/12/2017 7:24:45 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
A new Ebola epidemic has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the deaths of three people thought to be linked to the virus.
The countrys health ministry confirmed one person has tested positive for the virus.
The World Health Organisation confirmed that the DR Congo had informed them of a lab-confirmed case of the disease
" On 11 May 2017, the Min of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo notified WHO & partners of a lab-confirmed case of #Ebola#DRC
WHO (@WHO) May 12, 2017 "
The case was confirmed from tests on nine people who came down with a hemorrhagic fever in Bas-Uele province in the northeast of the country on or after April 22, the statement said.
Spokesman Eric Kabambi said: The case is in a very remote zone, very forested, so we are a little lucky. We always take this very seriously
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...
In 2014, a three-month outbreak of Ebola in the the DR Congo killed 49 people.
It was declared no longer an emergency in March 2016.
Ebola - It's back, but geographically confined right now
Don’t worry. They’ll soon be loading up the planes to bring them all here for treatment.
Thankfully, Obola won’t be able to bring them to the US.
Eventually this will spread widely in the West. I hope that will not happen for a while, but we need to be ready.
Clicking the headline, before the page loaded I was already wondering when they’d get shipped into Atlanta.
Obama finally has free time to help, first hand and onsite.
Lots of people in Africa can help out with this... we DO NOT need to send an army to get infected helping people who damn well can help themselves. They know how to fight endless wars - they damn sure can fight ebola.
Africa is a hell hole.
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