Experts sent to new Ebola site
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HEALTH workers are rushing to the site of a fresh Ebola outbreak in Guinea to bolster efforts to contain the virus and prepare for the likelihood of more cases, aid agencies said yesterday.
Four people in the southern region of Nzerekore were tested on Thursday and two of them were found to have Ebola. They were all from Korokpara, a village where three people from the same family have died in recent weeks from diarrhoea and vomiting.
The World Health Organisation and aid agencies have sent experts to investigate the origin of the new cases and to identify, isolate, vaccinate and monitor all of their contacts.
The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) has reopened its Ebola treatment unit in Nzerekore, while the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, is reinforcing its team in the region and providing protective equipment and medicine.
“There has been a very professional and experienced response across the board,” said Augustin Augier of ALIMA, which admitted the two patients, a child and his mother, for treatment.
“We are doing all we can to be ready to receive more cases,” he said.
Over 28,500 people have been infected and 11,300 have died since the world’s worst recorded Ebola epidemic began in December 2013 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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