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For this outbreak, with local transmission of the disease

 

First case - December 2013 - Guinea - Ongoing problem

 

Next country added: - March 2014 - Liberia - Ongoing problem

 

Next country added: - May 2014 - Sierra Leone - Ongoing problem

 

Next country added: - July 2014 - Nigeria - "As of 16 September, the outbreak appears to have stabilized with 22 confirmed cases and eight deaths, no new cases having been confirmed for two weeks"

 

Next country added - August 2014 - Senegal ?? - One single sick traveler from Guinea - who recovered. No further cases confirmed.

 

Next country added - August 2014 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Note: This outbreak is considered unrelated to the West African cases. This is the fourth time since 2007 that isolated outbreaks have occurred in this country.

 

The following nations have "imported" individuals ill with the disease, with no reported cases of local transmission:

 

Germany

France

Spain

UK

United States

 

So - for the "West African" outbreak, there has been no report of expansion of locally-transmittable cases to a new country since July 2014.

 

This is not a trivial disease, and the situation bears watching - but the problem has thus far been confined to areas with very poor standards of medical care. It certainly would be no fun to be in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone right about now.

 

Since 1976, there have previously been 17 outbreaks of Ebola that killed people (not counting laboratory accidents with "captive" infectious agent) - and they all faded away.

 

Cheers!

SS

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Patient being tested for Ebola in Perth hospital

 

A patient is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

 

"The hospital can confirm it has one patient who is currently being tested for Ebola and appropriate precautions are being taken until the patient's illness is diagnosed," a hospital spokeswoman said.

 

The spokeswoman said the patient's symptoms were consistent with the disease.

 

She said no further details would be provided about the patient for reasons of confidentiality.

 

It is the second suspected case of the disease in WA but the previous case proved negative.

 

The spokeswoman said: "At present, the risk of someone with Ebola travelling to Australia is very low.

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