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News Scan for Jul 08, 2020
More DRC Ebola cases; H5N6 avian flu in Vietnam
Filed Under:
Ebola; VHF; Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Ebola sickens 2 more in DRC outbreak
Tests have confirmed two more Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province outbreak, and both are patients from Mbandaka, the provincial capital, the country's multisector Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said today in an update.
The new cases lift the illness total in the country's 11th Ebola outbreak to 43. The CMRE also reported one more death, which occurred in the community in Mbandaka, a factor known to raise the risk of transmission. So far, 18 people have died from their infections. Health officials also noted that 8,758 people in the outbreak area have been vaccinated with Merck's VSV-EBOV Ebola vaccine.
The outbreak began in early June in the same area where the DRC's ninth outbreak occurred in 2018, which resulted in 54 cases, 33 of them fatal.
Jul 8 CMRE update
H5N6 avian flu outbreaks reported in Vietnamese poultry
Vietnam reported two more highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu outbreaks, which struck village poultry in different cities in Quang Ngai province in the central part of the country, according to a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
The outbreaks began on Jun 25 and Jun 29, and, taken together, the virus killed 3,987 of 8,100 susceptible birds. Officials culled the surviving poultry to help prevent further disease spread.
Vietnam is among Asian countries that have reported sporadic H5N6 outbreaks. It's last outbreak involving the strain occurred in May.
Jul 8 OIE report on H5N6 in Vietnam
News Scan for Jul 08, 2020
More DRC Ebola cases; H5N6 avian flu in Vietnam
Filed Under:
Ebola; VHF; Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Ebola sickens 2 more in DRC outbreak
Tests have confirmed two more Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province outbreak, and both are patients from Mbandaka, the provincial capital, the country's multisector Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said today in an update.
The new cases lift the illness total in the country's 11th Ebola outbreak to 43. The CMRE also reported one more death, which occurred in the community in Mbandaka, a factor known to raise the risk of transmission. So far, 18 people have died from their infections. Health officials also noted that 8,758 people in the outbreak area have been vaccinated with Merck's VSV-EBOV Ebola vaccine.
The outbreak began in early June in the same area where the DRC's ninth outbreak occurred in 2018, which resulted in 54 cases, 33 of them fatal.
Jul 8 CMRE update
H5N6 avian flu outbreaks reported in Vietnamese poultry
Vietnam reported two more highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu outbreaks, which struck village poultry in different cities in Quang Ngai province in the central part of the country, according to a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
The outbreaks began on Jun 25 and Jun 29, and, taken together, the virus killed 3,987 of 8,100 susceptible birds. Officials culled the surviving poultry to help prevent further disease spread.
Vietnam is among Asian countries that have reported sporadic H5N6 outbreaks. It's last outbreak involving the strain occurred in May.
Jul 8 OIE report on H5N6 in Vietnam