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Ebola activity heats up as West Africa's rainy season begins
Thu, 2015-06-04 14:50 — mike kraftCIDRAP NEWS by Lisa Schnirring June 3, 2015
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Last week the two countries reported 25 new lab-confirmed cases, 13 in Guinea and 12 in Sierra Leone. The number is up from 12 reported the week before.
Overall, the total of confirmed, probable, and suspected cases in the two countries and Liberia—which is now Ebola free—has risen to 27,145, including 11,147 deaths, the WHO said.
The WHO said several of the new cases are from unknown sources in areas that haven't reported any confirmed cases in several weeks.... It said rigorous contact tracing, active case finding, and infection prevention and control are needed to break transmission chains and get cases down to zero, but the onset of rainy season will make field operations more difficult in the weeks and months ahead.
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/06/ebola-activity-heats-west-africas-rainy-season-begins
WHO SITUATION REPORT June 3, 2015
Since the week ending 10 May, when a 10-month low of 9 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported from 2 prefectures of Guinea and 1 district of Sierra Leone, both the intensity and geographical area of EVD transmission have increased. In the week ending 31 May, a total of 25 confirmed cases were reported from 4 prefectures of Guinea and 3 districts of Sierra Leone....
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http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-3-june-2015
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