Ebola

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A case of Ebola has been discovered in Butembo, Congo with a population of 1.4 million. Since August 1 the outbreak has caused 54 deaths.
Deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo reaches city of 1.4 million; 93 confirmed cases causing 54 deaths so far - A link to quarantined planes in USA and France? - Strange Sounds
Jessica Ilunga, a Ministry of Health communication officer, said Wednesday that Congo’s government and the U.N. World Health Organization are taking immediate steps to contain the new Ebola case in the urban area.

The city’s mayor, Sylvain Kanyamanda, urged residents to be calm and to maintain hygienic conditions.

Since August 1 the current Ebola outbreak has seen 93 confirmed cases which have caused 54 deaths.

Health officials have started a vaccination campaign but they have been hindered by sporadic attacks by rebel militias operating in the eastern Congo region.

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Did EBOLA leak from a lab? Scientists claim accident at US-funded biofacility may have caused 2014 West Africa outbreak

The 2014 Ebola outbreak may have been borne out of an accidental lab leak at a US Government-funded facility, according to a bombshell analysis. Virologist Dr Jonathan Latham — a former researcher at the University of Wisconsin — and journalist Sam Husseini say there are a number of inconsistencies in the official timeline of the West African epidemic. They claim the virus likely emerged during ‘routine research activities’ from a laboratory in Kenema, Sierra Leone, which at the time was receiving funding from the US government for its work on Lassa fever.

The lab specialized in hemorrhagic viruses similar to Ebola — though it's unclear whether it actually handled the epidemic-causing pathogen. Most experts still believe Ebola emerged naturally during a spillover event from animals in Guinea, around 175miles from the lab. Bats known to harbor Ebola were identified in a village where the first official patient was diagnosed — but researchers never found the original animal host.

An independent expert responding to the findings told DailyMail.com the theory was 'certainly possible', but raised several questions about the credibility of the authors. Dr Latham has a Masters degree in crop genetics and a PhD in virology, and was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin. He runs a website that has received a strike by online fact-checkers for misleading scientific claims in the past. Writing in the investigation, the authors said: ‘There is so far no evidence for an animal reservoir for Zaire Ebola in West Africa.

'The... strain’s sudden appearance in the region was thus unexpected and is still unexplained. Furthermore, the epidemiological investigations in Guinea and Sierra Leone were inconclusive and unconvincing. ‘There was, however, a single spillover event, which is also consistent with a lab origin. And last, there was a research laboratory nearby that specialized in viral hemorrhagic fevers. 'The VHFC lab may or may not have housed Ebola viruses but it certainly had a dubious biosafety record. All of the evidence… is therefore consistent with a lab origin.’


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