TomT
September 12th, 2007, 10:45 AM
Uganda has been put on high alert as deadly Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever for which there is no cure, has been confirmed in neighboring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
Samples from five people have tested positive for the Ebola virus in the southern province of Kasai Occidental, DRC, where authorities have reported some 120 deaths among 300 sick people in the past four months, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said.
......The WHO on Tuesday activated its Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, known as GOARN, asking partner health organizations including the Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention, where tests on samples from people who tested positive were done, to send epidemiologists and other experts to the DRC.
"The WHO is in the process now of coordinating international teams to go into the area," Hartl said.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6261277.html
Samples from five people have tested positive for the Ebola virus in the southern province of Kasai Occidental, DRC, where authorities have reported some 120 deaths among 300 sick people in the past four months, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said.
......The WHO on Tuesday activated its Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, known as GOARN, asking partner health organizations including the Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention, where tests on samples from people who tested positive were done, to send epidemiologists and other experts to the DRC.
"The WHO is in the process now of coordinating international teams to go into the area," Hartl said.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6261277.html