FROM USA NEWS - Ebola news update - Rise in case now in Sierra Leone. While cases have been on the decline in Liberia, the outbreak is worsening in neighboring countries, where basic Ebola-fighting tools are impractical. Identifying the infected and those theyve touched, and isolating them to break the transmission chain are all but impossible in Sierra Leones capital of Freetown as well as the jungles of Guinea, says Jordan Tappero, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions second-in-command for the regional response. The new surge of Ebola in Sierra Leone follows a devastating one in Monrovia two months ago. Such a furious spread is something disease trackers say theyve never seen in the 38 years since the virus was first identified. This is kind of unprecedented or uncharted territory for (fighting) Ebola, Tappero says, particularly in the congested streets of Freetown. When you get these large urban outbreaks, theres just too many people. Contact tracing teams cant track everybody.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:09:38 +0000
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