The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including 223 suspected deaths that were being investigated. An outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is ongoing in the DRC, with cases also reported in Uganda. There have been 125 confirmed […]
Ebola
Sindh ramps up Ebola prevention measures at Karachi airport
The Sindh Health Department has tightened Ebola prevention measures at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport amid growing global concerns over the deadly virus. A high-level emergency meeting chaired by Special Secretary Health Fawad Ghaffar Soomro reviewed preparedness measures at the airport, including surveillance, rapid response systems and isolation ward arrangements, it emerged on Tuesday. Health Sindh […]
Govt tightens airport screening after WHO declares Ebola outbreak global emergency
In light of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda as a global emergency, Pakistan has intensified screening measures at airports across the country, along with other precautionary steps. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Saturday, Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal directed […]
Pakistan tightens airport monitoring amid Ebola surge in Africa
The government of Pakistan has strengthened surveillance measures at airports across the country following a rise in Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, health officials said. Read More: Flight operations to resume from Sialkot airport to ME destinations According to the Ministry of Health, enhanced screening and monitoring procedures have been implemented as […]
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda emergency of int’l concern
The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern”, posing risks to neighbouring countries. The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency but that countries sharing land borders […]
No suspected case of Ebola virus reported in Pakistan: NIH
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday said no suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was reported in Pakistan. According to an NIH spokesperson, the report of any such case was not correct and termed it baseless. He made it clear that Pakistan was not facing a direct threat of Ebola cases. […]
WHO declares an end to second Ebola outbreak in Guinea
The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak which was declared on February 14. “I have the honour of declaring the end of Ebola” in Guinea, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo said at a ceremony in the southeastern Nzerekore region where the disease surfaced at the end of January. […]
Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo
The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Goma, the biggest city to have been affected by the disease since its outbreak in eastern DR Congo last August, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church and would have touched the hands of worshippers “including […]
Ebola’s spread shows how science needs societies to succeed
The persistence of Congo’s Ebola outbreak and its deadly spread to Uganda in recent days show how societal issues are as crucial as scientific advances in controlling disease outbreaks, specialists in global public health say. Medical scientists, prompted by a devastating West African Ebola epidemic between 2013 and 2016, have worked fast to develop cutting […]
WHO emergency panel meets on Ebola after Uganda deaths
The World Health Organization emergency committee will decide Friday whether to declare a raging Ebola epidemic an international threat, after an outbreak that began in Democratic Republic of Congo crossed into Uganda. The WHO panel, which was formed in 2005, has used the label “public health emergency of international concern” for only four previous epidemics. […]