In response to this new EVD case, the African Union Commission has been informed of the outbreak and is ready to offer a comprehensive support of all AU organs. Ebola outbreak in Cote d’Ivoire: 1st in a quarter century.These public health measures include: activation of different inter-sectoral coordination and emergency response units reactivation of the community surveillance of the Ebola response further investigation of the case, contact tracing risk communication and community mobilization, immediate vaccination of target groups, strict adherence to infection prevention and control measures and enhanced cross-border surveillance and collaboration with neighboring countries. Ebola image/NIAIDįollowing this confirmed case, the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene and the Office of the Prime Minister called for an emergency meeting and put in place a swift multi-sectoral emergency response measures. However, as this case is reported in a busy capital city of Abidjan, Africa CDC is already in contact with senior health officials of the country to assess the situation and offer its expertise” said Dr John Nkengasong, the Africa CDC Director. We witnessed the experience, expertise and resources in place in these countries to handle such incidents.
“In this recent past outbreak in Guinea, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) assessed and supported neighboring countries including Cote d’Ivoire in preparation for and response to potential spill over of cases.
However, further investigation will be conducted to trace back the relation between this case and the concluded outbreak. More recently, on 19 June 2021, the Republic of Guinea declared over the EVD outbreak after four months of concerted effort. The patient is currently in isolation and under the care of a Treatment Center for Highly Epidemic Diseases at the Treichville University Hospital. On the 14 th of August 2021, the Institute Pasteur in Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the infection to be EVD. The case is 18-year-old Guinean girl who travelled from Labe in Guinea to Abidjan by road on 11August 2021 and hospitalized on the night of 12 August 2021 following a high-grade fever. The Government of Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has declared the presence of a case of an Ebola virus disease (EVD) infection in the capital city of Abidjan. Paul's Cathedral The Plateau 43 days in Abidjan BY A USER FROM CANADA St.By NewsDesk Africa CDC released the following statement Saturday on the case of an Ebola Virus Disease in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Côte d’Ivoire Paul's Cathedral The Plateau Majestic Cinema 2 days in Lagunes Region BY A USER FROM INDIA Musee des Civilisations de Cote d’Ivoire St. Paul's Cathedral 18 days in Abidjan BY A USER FROM LEBANON Abidjan 2 days in Africa BY A USER FROM IVORY COAST Marrakech Abidjan 43 days in Abidjan BY A USER FROM INDIA St. Paul's Cathedral The Plateau Musee des Civilisations de Cote d’Ivoire 5 days in Ivory Coast BY A USER FROM BELGIUM Abidjan Yamoussoukro Assinie 18 days in Abidjan BY A USER FROM LEBANON Banco National Park Marche de Treichville St. Paul's Cathedral 5 days in Ivory Coast BY A USER FROM IVORY COAST Abidjan Yamoussoukro Assinie 9 days in Ivory Coast BY A USER FROM UNITED STATES Abidjan Grand Bassam Assinie 2 days in Abidjan & Assinie BY A USER FROM UNITED STATES Abidjan Assinie 2 days in Abidjan BY A USER FROM UNITED STATES St. 21 days in Abidjan BY A USER FROM IVORY COAST Banco National Park Marche de Treichville St.
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