WHO warns six African countries following Ebola outbreak

CONAKRY (Reuters) – The World Health Organization has called on six African countries to be vigilant for possible Ebola infections, as Guinea on Tuesday announced new issues and the Democratic Republic of Congo said the new diseases were they are a revival of a previous revolution.

Guinea called for an outbreak of the virus on Sunday in the first outbreak of the disease there since the 2013-2016 uprising, while Congo has confirmed four new cases this month.

Health authorities are in a hurry to respond to the Guinea outbreak, which seeks to prevent the last West African uprising, which killed more than 11,300 people, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in the worst Ebola disease on record.

“We have already issued a warning to the six surrounding countries, including Sierra Leone and Liberia of course, and they are moving very quickly to prepare and be ready and watch for any possible infection, ”Margaret Harris of the WHO told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.

Guinea’s neighbors include Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

To date Guinea has recorded up to 10 suspected cases of Ebola and five deaths. Since announcing the uprising on Sunday, it has identified 115 notifications of the known cases in the southeastern city of Nzerekore and 10 in the capital Conakry, the health ministry said Tuesday.

Gene sequences of Ebola samples from both Congo and Guinea are being made to learn more about the origins of the uprising and identify the rays, according to the WHO.

As a result, Congo has confirmed that their latest cases are not related to a new Ebola outbreak but represent a resurgence of the tenth revolution, the second most recorded that caused more than 2,200 deaths in 2018-2020.

“As for the disease, we still can’t tell where it came from,” said the department’s health minister, Eugene Nzanzu Salita, commenting on how the first person to become ill in this resuscitation the virus.

Since epilepsy in West Africa, the development of vaccines and treatments has significantly improved survival rates and restraint efforts.

The spread of this disease could destroy the unfunded health systems of the area which also fight the pandemic coronavirus infection. Ivory Coast, Mali and Sierra Leone have launched plans to halt any possible dispersal and re-strengthen border controls.

Ebola virus can cause severe suffering and organ failure and is spread through contact with body fluids. Mortality rate is much higher than COVID-19, but unlike the coronavirus it is not transmitted by asymptomatic carriers.