Updated March 5th, 2021 at 21:46 IST
WHO warns Guinea's neighbouring countries on Ebola virus, say risk 'very high'
World Health Organization(WHO) officials said the risk of Ebola outbreak spreading from Guinea to its neighbours was "very high."
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The World Health Organization (WHO) officials said that the risk of Ebola outbreak spreading from Guinea to its neighbours was "very high." They also raised concern over the unpreparedness of some neighbouring countries for an outbreak or future vaccination campaigns. Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, WHO's Guinea representative in a virtual briefing said that so far 18 cases of Ebola virus have been identified and four of them have died.
Guinea's neighbouring countries unprepared for Ebola
Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo added that until now 1,604 people have been vaccinated against Ebola in Guinea. Officials said the neighbours of Guinea like Senega, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia are not prepared for Ebola cases. Abdou Slaam Gueye, the WHO's Regional Emergency Director in video conference said, WHO had conducted an assessment of the readiness of Guinea's neighbouring countries but none of the countries was completely ready for Ebola. He said that the countries did not have enough vaccines to prevent people from getting infected with this virus.
#guinee : Riposte #Ebola & #COVID19 Une mission de #OMS reçue par le #minsanté. Les entretiens ont porté sur l’appui #OMS à la riposte aux #épidémies. La résilience du système de santé et le renforcement des capacités d’intervention étaient au menu. @WHOAFRO @WHO @OMS_Afrique pic.twitter.com/2fFjf5DDJQ
— OMS Guinée (@guinee_oms) March 4, 2021
#Riposte #Ebola: Sur le terrain, le Rep. de @guinee_oms mobilise « nous sommes remis en ordre de bataille avec une division du travail claire des partenaires pour appuyer la riposte & atteindre l’objectif d’interrompre la #MVE en #guinee le plus tôt possible» @anss_guinee @WHO pic.twitter.com/BZDo32fptJ
— OMS Guinée (@guinee_oms) March 4, 2021
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Abdou Slaam Gueye added that the neighbouring countries have agreed on cross-border cooperation to control the virus outbreak. WHO's Dr Michel Yao, Director of Strategic Health Operation said, "We are dealing with quite fragile health systems including lack of capacity to address many public health challenges so dealing with both COVID and Ebola remains a challenge." Guinea reported 17 new cases of Ebola Virus yesterday while 8 deaths were reported due to virus. There were 579 contacts that were identified of which 93 per cent of them were reported. Last month, WHO shipped 11,000 doses of Ebola vaccines to Guinea after a cluster of Ebola cases were reported by the country's health officials. According to WHO, the Ebola virus causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea and is spread through contact with body fluids.
#Guinea🇬🇳 #Ebola outbreak Situation Report (03/03/21)
— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) March 4, 2021
▪️ 17 cases
▪️ 8 deaths
▪️ 579 contacts, 93% monitored
▪️ 1489 people vaccinated pic.twitter.com/Mh5QfKXIBp
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Published March 5th, 2021 at 21:46 IST
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