Interagency Collaboration on Ebola - Situation Report - 12 August 2015 - WHO

CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND POLICY  by Lisa Schirring  Aug. 12, 2015

The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa's outbreak region stayed in the single digits last week, but two of the infections involved high-risk health-setting exposures, which has medical officials bracing for more cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

A total of three lab-confirmed Ebola illnesses were reported last week, up slightly from the two reported the previous week. Two were from Guinea and one from Sierra Leone. No new cases have been reported from Liberia since the middle of July, and as of Aug 3, the monitoring period has ended for all contacts there....

Adding to concerns about further transmission, only one of the three cases reported last week—a patient from Guinea—involved a registered contact, the WHO said. However, it added that the patient was lost to follow-up and could have triggered many high-risk contacts in several health centers in Conakry, the country's capital, since the individual was seen at several health facilities while symptomatic and before the disease was confirmed. Several of the contacts are healthcare workers.
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