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New Ebola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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who.int - May 8, 2018

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro in Equateur Province today (8 May). The outbreak declaration occurred after laboratory results confirmed two cases of EVD.

The Ministry of Health of Democratic of the Congo (DRC) informed WHO that two out of five samples collected from five patients tested positive for EVD at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) in Kinshasa. More specimens are being collected for testing.

 
 
 
 
 
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The Trump administration quietly rescinded all funding for Ebola response (see the official document in a link below). On that same day the World Health Organization declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The origin of this outbreak sounds very familiar, as it might have begun months ago undetected by health officials. There are grave concerns over the potential for this outbreak to spread . . .
https://www.statnews.com/2018/05/09/new-ebola-outbreak-congo-raises-who-concerns/

From the White House - May 8, 2018 . . . “This proposal would rescind $252 million in prior year balances of emergency funding appropriated in FY 2015 for the Ebola response, of which there were $470 million in emergency balances available for the Ebola response on October 1, 2017. The Congress provided these for countries affected by, or at risk of being affected by, the Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2015. These funds remain from the initial outbreak in 2015 and are no longer needed because the Ebola response has largely concluded. Enacting the rescission would therefore not impact the Ebola response.” . . .
(see page 27 of 41 page .PDF document) . . .
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POTUS-Rescission-Transmittal-Package-5.8.2018.pdf

 

 

washingtonpost.com - by Lena H. Sun - May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security.

READ COMPLETE ARTICLE - Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly

 

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