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#Ebola 01APR2019...
💊 1092 prob+conf total cases (+3 compared to y'days report)
🔬 291 suspected (+111)
🔬 66 probable (+0)
🔬 1026 confirmed (+3; +1 Katwa, +1 Butembo, +1 Mandima)
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💊 1092 prob+conf total cases (+3 compared to y'days report)
🔬 291 suspected (+111)
🔬 66 probable (+0)
🔬 1026 confirmed (+3; +1 Katwa, +1 Butembo, +1 Mandima)
Source: us13.campaign-archive.com/?u=89e5755d2cc…
💊 683 fatal #Ebola virus disease cases (+4)
🔬+1 Katwa health zone (HZ; deaths in community)
🔬+3 Butembo HZ (deaths in a treatment centre)
🔬 92 cases in past 10 days; 48 in past 5
🔬 2 days with only single digit cases
🔬When suspected cases jump, confirmed sometimes follow
🔬+1 Katwa health zone (HZ; deaths in community)
🔬+3 Butembo HZ (deaths in a treatment centre)
🔬 92 cases in past 10 days; 48 in past 5
🔬 2 days with only single digit cases
🔬When suspected cases jump, confirmed sometimes follow
💊 93,996 vaccinated (+307 since y'day's report)
💊 latest @WHO #DRC #Ebola virus disease SitRep No. 35 is online at: apps.who.int/iris/handle/10…
🔬During the last 21 days (11-31 March 2019), 57 health areas within 12 health zones reported new cases
🔬 WHO and partners remain concerned by these recent developments
🔬During the last 21 days (11-31 March 2019), 57 health areas within 12 health zones reported new cases
🔬 WHO and partners remain concerned by these recent developments
@WHO 🔬 81 healthcare worker (HCW) cases, including 28 deaths (35%; overall outbreak proportion of cases that are fatal is 63%, varying by health zone[HZ])
@WHO 🔬"Despite these setbacks, it should be noted that the recent shift in strategy of increasing community outreach from earlier weeks, is gradually yielding tangible results"
🔬hard to see this based on numbers alone-but we must take the word of those on the ground in it
🔬hard to see this based on numbers alone-but we must take the word of those on the ground in it
@WHO 🔬"Although these community engagement interventions take time to win over the trust and cooperation of the local population, they are an integral tool in aiding the acceptance of WHO response efforts"
🔬changing human habits & beliefs is arguably the hardest of all things to do
🔬changing human habits & beliefs is arguably the hardest of all things to do
@WHO 🔬orange shows cases in the past three weeks (1 incubation period) - there are a lot of orange sites, highlighting how widespread active transmission has been.
🔬hard work though, has kept the outbreak in this general area for 9 months👏 No other countries involved
🔬hard work though, has kept the outbreak in this general area for 9 months👏 No other countries involved
@WHO 🔬Community resistance to IPC activities persists in Vuhovi.
🔬A laboratory with the capacity to sequence whole virus genome has been established in Katwa to support virus transmission chain analysis-has been a routine including in SitReps for some time. I wonder how it's going?
🔬A laboratory with the capacity to sequence whole virus genome has been established in Katwa to support virus transmission chain analysis-has been a routine including in SitReps for some time. I wonder how it's going?
