(task) Important - New WHO guidelines - Ebola transmission - Liberia Reports First Ebola Case in Weeks

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> On Mar 21, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com> wrote:
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> Regarding Liberia's new Ebola case . . .
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> The Information Ministry issued a statement saying “initial suspicion is that it may be the result of possible sexual intercourse with an Ebola survivor.”
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> In part for this reason, the World Health Organization intends to release new guidelines for when an Ebola epidemic ends, a W.H.O. official said.
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> The new guidelines would recommend “heightened surveillance” for an additional 90 days, to take into account the potential for sexual transmission and hidden transmission chains.
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> http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/world/africa/liberia-reports-first-ebola-case-in-weeks.html?referrer=&_r=1
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