In northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Seventeen people have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the fresh outbreak as a “public health emergency with international impact.”

“Twenty-one cases of fever with hemorrhagic indications and 17 deaths” have been recorded in Equateur province, it said, citing a notification to the ministry as of May 3.

It is the DRC’s ninth known outbreak of Ebola since 1976 when the deadly viral disease which was first recognized in then-Zaire by a Belgian-led crew.

In Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) said lab tests in the DRC confirmed the presence of Ebola virus in two out of five samples collected from patients.

“WHO is working closely with the government of the DRC to rapidly scale up its operations and mobilize health partners, using the model of a successful response to a similar… the outbreak in 2017,” it said in a report.

It said it had released $1 million (840,000 euros) from an emergency contingency fund, set up a coordination group and deployed more than 50 experts to work with the DRC government and health agencies.

“The action plan prepared by the health ministry has been approved,” an official statement released after a cabinet meeting said.

AFP
https://talkgeria.com/new-outbreak-ebola-kills-17-dr-congo/

God please we have an irresponsible, thieving and inept government in place at the moment. Don't allow this disease somehow cross into Nigeria cos rather than get busy, they will blame Jonathan for not eradicating it from the whole world. Osinbajo will come with statistics of how money supposedly looted would have obliterated every trace of ebola and HIV.

My condolences to affected persons in the Congo. I hope a quick reprieve and solution comes to put an end to this outbreak.

Please if dz Ebola won enta Nigeria, make e no pass Biafra and aboki land oo. Na dem be strong people wey fit handle am.

Hmmmm

The health ministry better be proactive, let them start putting preventive measures to stop it from coming in here.

K

freeze001:
God please we have an irresponsible, thieving and inept government in place at the moment. Don't allow this disease somehow cross into Nigeria cos rather than get busy, they will blame Jonathan for not eradicating it from the whole world. Osinbajo will come with statistics of how money supposedly looted would have obliterated every trace of ebola and HIV.

My condolences to affected persons on the Congo. I hope a quick reprieve and solution comes to put an end to this outbreak.

Hahaha. You seem to really know what the Sudanese dwarf is capable of saying.

Chaii!!!
See what BUHARI has caused... He is an EBOLA to the Nigerian economy..
And somewhere in cross river state, a chimpanzee escorted a farmer home...

Oh no, not again

May Ebola fall on the camp of Book Haram wherever they are in sambisa forest. Consume its leader Shekau and his members.

This deadly thing is Back again? Please seal all routes to DR, no movement from there. When Patrick Sawyer spread it into Nigeria, I keep suspecting everyone, almost had heart attack when entering buses, couldn't even visit friends with ordinary menstrual pain, I locked my apartment tightly when I heard my Neighbour had fever! Pls, seal all gateways, I just can't handle the trauma.

God please!!!

Not good. Not good at all.
Certainly not now we have a brain dead president who at the moment has jetted out to London for another round of medical tourism.
I don't even think his minister of health knows anything about taking proactive steps to set up monitoring and surveillance teams immediately at all ports of entry into the country.
If we were scared by the last epidemic when there was a marginally responsible government, this time, we should all live in mortal fear.

Not good at all.

I don't think the current Nigerian government is capable of tackling Ebola in Nigeria. Best they can do is to blame the previous government for their incompetence

Ebola again?

God help us

Is this a joke!?.... Da fvck mehn!

Ministry of Health please shut bother.

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Make God help us oooo, cus if this one enter Nigeria at this point in time, sorry for us all govt officials will move out with their families and allow the rest to die. . . Pls never allow this enter Nigeria by this time. Plzzzzzzzzz

Time to start scrutinizing every flight that comes in from drc

not again

Please man our borders and quarantine every foreigner thoroughly before granting permission to come.We do not want people to start drinking and bathing with salt.

freeze001:
God please we have an irresponsible, thieving and inept government in place at the moment. Don't allow this disease somehow cross into Nigeria cos rather than get busy, they will blame Jonathan for not eradicating it from the whole world. Osinbajo will come with statistics of how money supposedly looted would have obliterated every trace of ebola and HIV.

My condolences to affected persons on the Congo. I hope a quick reprieve and solution comes to put an end to this outbreak.

I.love you !!

Woof woof

chrisxxx:
Ministry of Health please shut bother.

You mean border?.... If yes, do we even know how to secure our borders?.....Nigeriens stroll in and out of Nigeria unopposed..... Boko Haram fighters do same....

The useless corrupt government will allow this disease finish Nigerians

Mhen........ Rich grymes mode activated*** make una no eat anyhow tin una no go hear..... Chicken and goat meat don finish? Affricans maka why

freeze001:
God please we have an irresponsible, thieving and inept government in place at the moment. Don't allow this disease somehow cross into Nigeria cos rather than get busy, they will blame Jonathan for not eradicating it from the whole world. Osinbajo will come with statistics of how money supposedly looted would have obliterated every trace of ebola and HIV.

My condolences to affected persons on the Congo. I hope a quick reprieve and solution comes to put an end to this outbreak.

Bitter truth...

Ok

anoda:
Mhen........ Rich grymes mode activated*** make una no eat anyhow tin una no go hear..... Chickend and goat meat don finish Affricans maka why :/

As in eeehhnn!.... Some people in Africa can eat anything.....

dbynonetwork:
Chaii!!!
See what BUHARI has caused... He is an EBOLA to the Nigerian economy..
And somewhere in cross river state, a chimpanzee escorted a farmer home...

YOUR LIFE WILL BE BETTER IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE LOVE AND LESS HYPOCRISY IN IT. THE HEADLINE SAYS DR CONGO, AND YOU BLAME BUHARI. ARE YOU SURE BUHARI IS NOT THE REASON YOU ARE GOING TO HELL.
STUPID PIGLET

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