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WHO sending thousands of Ebola shots to Guinea
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The World Health Organization says it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the recent epidemic of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has been declared in the country鈥檚 southern N鈥橺erekore region.
WHO regional director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti said yesterday that 11,000 Ebola vaccines are being prepared in Geneva and are expected to arrive in Guinea over the weekend. An additional 8,600 doses will be shipped from the United States. The vaccination campaign could start as early as Monday.
鈥淭hirty vaccination experts have already been mobilized locally and are ready to deploy as soon as Ebola vaccines arrive in the country,鈥 she said.
The WHO has called on six African countries to be on high alert for Ebola infections after both Guinea and Congo recorded cases.
鈥淭he sub-region is on high alert and surveillance in neighboring countries is ongoing,鈥 she said.
鈥淥ur collective, quick action is crucial to avert an uncontrolled spread of Ebola amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already pushed health workers and health facilities to the edge.鈥
Guinea鈥檚 epidemic was declared after a crisis meeting on Sunday, less than a month after health officials detected suspicious cases with patients with symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding.
The sick had participated in the burial of a nurse who had died in late January and was buried on February 1 in Gouake, in the country鈥檚 south.
Traditional funerals in which people wash and touch the body of the deceased facilitate the spread of Ebola. It usually jumps to humans from infected animals, such as bats, and then spreads between humans via bodily fluids.
As of yesterday, Guinea has recorded three confirmed Ebola cases, including one death. Health officials hope to stem the spread of Ebola in West Africa, which experienced the deadliest outbreak in history from 2014 to 2016 that killed more than 11,300 people.
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