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Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHe added: \u2018There are several aspects that make us concerned concerning the potential for further spread and further deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>
A visitor washes his hands before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma.Nearly 120 people have died from the outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa (Picture: Jospin Mwisha \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u2018First, beyond the confirmed cases, there are greater than 500 suspected cases and 130 suspected deaths.<\/p>\n
\u2018These numbers will change as field operations are scaling up, including strengthening surveillance, contact tracing and laboratory testing.<\/p>\n
\u2018Second, cases have been reported in urban areas, including Kampala, and town of Goma in DRC.<\/p>\n
\u2018Third, deaths have been reported amongst medical examiners, indicating healthcare-associated transmission.<\/p>\n
\u2018Fourth, there is critical population movement in the realm.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a medical expert using a thermoflash before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, DRC (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYesterday, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) launched an emergency response to the outbreak. <\/p>\n
Health officials say the variety of cases are expected to rise. An American doctor in DRC is among the many newly confirmed cases of the virus. <\/p>\n
The US has banned anyone who has been within the DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan within the last three weeks. <\/p>\n
In keeping with the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, the likelihood of infection for people in Europe is taken into account very low. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s understood the spread of the virus lay undetected for weeks. <\/p>\n
Matthew M Kavanagh, direct of the Georgetown University Centre for Global Health Policy and Politics said: \u2018Because early tests searched for the flawed strain of Ebola, we got false negatives and lost weeks of response time. <\/p>\n
\u2018We’re playing catch-up against a really dangerous pathogen\u2019. <\/p>\n
The Bundibugyo strain is spread through close contact with sick or dead patients\u2019 bodily fluids, reminiscent of sweat, blood, faeces or vomit.<\/p>\n
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