Ebola Contained In Nigeria, Senegal - US Officials [View all]
Source: BBC News, Africa
From article direct link to CDC
Press Release
Embargoed until: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 11:00am ET
Ebola outbreak is nearing possible end in Nigeria and Senegal
Strong emergency operations center, polio eradication experience keys to success
The Ebola outbreak in Nigeria appears to be nearing a possible end due to a rapid response coordinated by Nigeria’s Emergency Operations Center with assistance from international partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The official end to an Ebola outbreak comes when two of the 21-day incubation periods for Ebola virus have elapsed without any new cases.
During the outbreak, there were 19 laboratory-confirmed and one probable Ebola cases in two Nigerian states. Nearly 900 patient contacts were identified and followed; all but three have completed 21 days of follow-up period without Ebola symptoms. There have been no new cases since August 31 and the last three patient contacts will exit their 21-day follow-up on October 2 – strongly suggesting the outbreak in Nigeria has been contained. A report on Nigeria’s response to the outbreak appears in a September 30 early release issue of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
"Although Nigeria isn’t completely out of the woods, their extensive response to a single case of Ebola shows that control is possible with rapid, focused interventions,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D, M.P.H. “Countries throughout the region as well as Nigeria need to take rapid steps to prepare for possible cases of Ebola in order to prevent outbreaks in their country.”
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29436851
Irrefutable proof that The Great American Ebola Panic is based on media confusion and ignorance and nothing else.
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