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Guinea: 1,600 Vaccinated in Guinea Ebola Virus Outbreak but More Jabs Needed - WHO
UN News, 5 March 2021
More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in a new outbreak, but more lifesaving jabs will be needed to contain the disease, the… Read more »
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West Africa: WHO Allocates U.S.$1.25 Million to Fight Ebola Outbreak
Africa Renewal, 25 February 2021
WHO has disbursed US$ 1.25 million to support the response in Guinea and to reinforce Ebola readiness in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Read more »
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Guinea: Hundreds of People Vaccinated Against Ebola
RFI, 25 February 2021
More than 200 people in Guinea have been vaccinated against Ebola, just days after the arrival of some 11,000 doses of the Merck vaccine and just over a week since the West African… Read more »
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Guinea: Vital Ebola Vaccines Arrive After Dust Storm Delay
RFI, 23 February 2021
Health officials are heading directly to Guinea's southeast region on Tuesday, after a special plane with 11,000 doses of Ebola vaccine landed late Monday night. Read more »
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Guinea: Why Ebola Is Back in Guinea and Why the Response Must Be Different This Time
The Conversation Africa, 21 February 2021
New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola outbreak reported to date - 28,000 cases… Read more »
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Guinea: Questions and Answers on the New Ebola Outbreak
MSF, 22 February 2021
On 14 February 2021, the Guinean authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak. As one of the key medical organisations responding in the huge 2014 – 2016 West Africa Ebola… Read more »
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West Africa: Ebola Strikes Again - Key Questions and Lessons From the Past
The Conversation Africa, 18 February 2021
News of a new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is indeed distressing. The last in West Africa occurred between 2014 and 2015 and affected Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. It was the… Read more »
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West Africa: WHO Steps Up Efforts to Curb Ebola Outbreaks
WHO, 18 February 2021
With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying… Read more »
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West Africa: Timeline - New Ebola Outbreaks in Guinea, DR Congo Pose Regional Risk
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 16 February 2021
The Ebola virus has been detected in West Africa for the first time since the outbreak in 2013-2016. Here's a timeline of the key developments Read more »
West And Central Africa Gear Up to Fight Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying teams of experts to support national authorities in Central and West Africa as they work to avert widespread Ebola infections. Health authorities in Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak on 14 February after three cases detected a rural community tested positive for the virus. And in the Democratic Republic of Congo there are four confirmed Ebola cases, including two deaths, the WHO says. The agency has experts on the ground in the DRC and more than 100 WHO staff are expected to be part of the Ebola response in Guinea by the end of February. With the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea being a border area, countries in the sub-region are on high alert and increasing public health measures and surveillance in border towns and communities to quickly detect and respond to possible cross-border infections, WHO says.
The ongoing response in Guinea and preparedness in neighbouring countries builds on experience gained during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, when WHO and partners worked with national teams to build capacity in surveillance and response. The West Africa Ebola outbreak began in Guinea and spread across land borders to Liberia and Sierra Leone. When it was finally brought under control there were 28 000 cases and 11 000 deaths, making it the deadliest since the virus was first detected in 1976, the agency says.
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Following reports of confirmed cases of Ebola in Guinea, Nigeria says it is monitoring the situation and will issue a public health advisory to address its concerns. He Read more »
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The government of Guinea has officially declared a new outbreak of Ebola. The head of Guinea's health agency, Sakoba Keita, said the country is experiencing an Ebola "epidemic ... Read more »
A team of contact tracers visits a community in Conakry, Guinea, on January 14, 2015 after a family member was infected with Ebola. A community workers, followed by a team of doctors, measures the temperature of a family member.
