Promed alert 21/07/2014: EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE – DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: SUSPECTED
Dear colleagues,
I saw this Promed alert from Monday 21/07/2014 and am wondering whether our colleagues from EAIDSNet or SACIDS know more about this?
If yes, would you like to share your information with us?
Best
Petra
A ProMED-mail post
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Date: Mon 21 Jul 2014
Source: New Vision (Uganda) [edited]
<http://www.newvision.co.ug/
Uganda alert after Ebola reports in DRC
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Ugandan health experts are monitoring neighbouring Democratic Republic
of Congo where suspected cases of Ebola virus disease have been
reported. Dr Asuman Lukwago, the permanent secretary in the [Uganda]
Ministry of Health said: “The suspected cases were in Aruu and other
parts of north eastern [DR] Congo. We learnt Kinshasa was testing the
samples.”
Although he could not provide how many suspected cases have been
reported in DR Congo, Dr Lukwago said Uganda has been on alert since
the outbreak in West Africa. “If Ebola is confirmed in Congo, we can
send our team to work with the Congolese so that the disease is
controlled from there,” added Lukwago.
[byline: Raymond Baguma]
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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall
[Ebolaviruses are endemic in the DR Congo — see ProMED-mail archives
below.
Aru (Aruu) is a territory in Ituri District, Orientale Province,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the name of the territory’s
administrative capital, Aru Town. The territory is located at the
northern edge of the province, on the border with Uganda to the east
and South Sudan to the north — see maps at
<http://www.nationsonline.org/
<http://www.e-politik.de/
<http://healthmap.org/promed/