A woman infected in Guinea's recent Ebola cluster died from her illness at a treatment center in Nzerekore, lifting the death total to eight, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported yesterday.
Ibrahima Sylla, spokesman for Guinea's Ebola response team, told AFP that the woman died on Apr 3 and that one more confirmed case-patient is still being treated at the center. The case total in the cluster remains at nine.
The Obama administration, though, is sticking with its $1.9 billion request, some of which would cover the shift.
In what Director-General Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, of the World Health Organization (WHO) says is the most serious outbreak of yellow fever in Angola in 30 years, a serious global shortage of vaccine makes what is already a bad situation potentially catastrophic, sources are reporting. Dr. Chan recently visited Angola to observe the situation first-hand.
The new patient is a young son of a woman who recently died from her infection.
Now both Liberia and Guinea are dealing with recent flare-ups of the disease.
Experts say the world cannot ease up on efforts to fully develop Ebola vaccines.
Long-term antibiotic therapy does not significantly improve quality of life in patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A nationwide campaign to isolate 100% of Ebola cases and conduct all burial safely, alongside a global response plan, was a key intervention that helped curb transmission in Sierra Leone, according to a study of illness patterns in chiefdoms and households.
Experts say the risk of global spread is low and nations are able to respond to new clusters.
Initial tests suggest the 5 new cases, including 4 deaths, are part of a known chain.
