Ebola in Guinea and Democratic Republic of the Congo - Update

So far, there has not been an extensive spread of the outbreaks of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In Guinea, the outbreak remains confined to Nzerekore with a total of 18 cases, 9 deaths and 2 recoveries. Seven health care workers are among the confirmed cases.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the outbreak remains confined to North Kivu with a total of 29 cases, 13 deaths and 4 recoveries.

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Advice For Travellers

At this moment, the risk of exposure for the general traveller is very low unless the traveller is providing health care for Ebola patients or actively involved in the epidemic control measures. Although there are some new treatments for Ebola, any traveller in the affected area should still avoid any direct contact with anyone suspected to have this infection since it is highly contagious and lethal. Transmission often occurs during burial rituals (such as washing the body), close physical contact with infected persons and their body fluids, during sexual contact or within hospitals through contact with blood and body fluids of infected persons.