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On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:02 AM, <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE - ex AFRICA (14): UN DOCTOR DIES, USA, PREVENTION
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In this update:
[1] UN doctor dies in Germany
[2] USA: Texas contact quarantined
[3] Prevention & false alarms

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[1] UN doctor dies in Germany
Date: Tue 14 Oct 2014
Source: NBC News [edited]
<http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-kills-united-nations-medic-hospital-leipzig-germany-n225151>


A United Nations medical worker [originally from Sudan] who was
infected with Ebola in Liberia has died despite "intensive medical
procedures," authorities said Tue [14 Oct 2014]. The St. Georg
hospital in Leipzig said the 56-year-old man, whose name has not been
released, died overnight of the infection. It released no further
details. The man tested positive for Ebola on 6 Oct 2014, prompting
Liberia's UN peacekeeping mission to place 41 staff members who had
possibly been in contact with him under "close medical observation."
He arrived in Leipzig for treatment on 9 Oct 2014, where he was put
into a special isolation unit...

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[2] USA: Texas contact quarantined
Date: Tue 14 Oct 2014
Source: Star Telegram [excerpted, edited]
<http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/10/14/6199347/facebook-founder-donates-25-million.html?rh=1>


"The lone person believed to have had direct contact with the Ebola
[nurse] works at Fort Worth-based Alcon and was admitted to Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital with no symptoms," a company spokeswoman
said...

Alcon is a medical company that specializes in eye care products. The
Alcon employee is being hospitalized as a precaution, the statement
said, adding: "The Alcon associate has not shown any signs or symptoms
of the Ebola virus. After consultation with the Texas Department of
Health, we are confident that there is no risk for Alcon associates.
We are working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Texas Department of Health to ensure we are
following proper public health measures." ...

[Byline: Gordon Dickson]

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[3] Prevention & false alarms

Belgium: No Ebola checks at Brussels Airport after flights from
Liberia
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Mon 13 Oct 2014: (NBC News) It's the classic airport scene: a man hugs
his wife and 2 daughters at arrivals. But in this case, the traveler
had just stepped off a plane from the Ebola-stricken Liberian capital
of Monrovia, meaning that some might shy away from such embraces.
"I've been screened before getting on the plane," he pointed out
before heading for the exit. The twice-weekly flight from Monrovia to
Brussels is now the only air link from that city to the European
continent and is the route most Americans would likely travel on their
way home. Thomas Eric Duncan, who died in a Dallas hospital last week,
traveled to the U.S. from Liberia via Brussels...
<http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/no-ebola-checks-brussels-airport-after-flights-liberia-n223581>

[Byline: Carlo Angerer & Becky Bratu]

[The link shows Ebola advice posters at Monrovia airport. - Mod.JW]

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Brazil: Man suspected of carrying Ebola tested negative again.
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Mon 13 Oct 2014: (WSJ) A man suspected of carrying the ebolavirus was
tested negative for the 2nd time, Brazil's Health Ministry said Mon
[13 Oct 2014]. The test eliminates the possibility of Ebola, Health
Minister Arthur Chioro told reporters. The man, identified by
authorities as a 47-year-old from Guinea, one of the 3 countries
hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak, was isolated at a Rio de Janeiro
hospital... Doctors were still monitoring for other possible diseases,
even after Ebola had been ruled out... Two blood tests were made,
following standard protocol to deal with the deadly virus. Dozens of
people who had contact with the man were monitored, but now they are
no longer under watch, he said. The minister said the case showed
Brazil is ready to deal with the epidemic. He also said that the risk
of contagion in the country is low.
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/in-brazil-man-suspected-of-carrying-ebola-tested-negative-again-1413231294>

[Byline: Paulo Trevisani]

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Kenya ex South Sudan: passenger dies, Ebola negative
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Mon 13 Oct 2014: (Hara Ethiopia) Anxiety has gripped Kenya after a
female passenger from South Sudan died on Saturday night [11 Oct 2014]
from Ebola-like symptoms after arriving in the country. Health
officials at Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) told
Xinhua on Sun [12 Oct 2014] that the female passenger on board the
Kenya Airways flight alighted at 6:45 p.m. with high fever and
bleeding from the openings of her body. "We have not established what
exactly caused the death, but medical officials including the director
of medical services are carrying out tests to establish the cause," an
official who sought anonymity told Xinhua by telephone.

The official said the female passenger who had arrived from Juba was
later rushed to the hospital but died in the evening... The incident
caused panic at the busy airport, which was immediately deserted for
hours after the death of the passenger... Kenya is vulnerable because
it is a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa, a WHO
official said...
<http://haraethiopiadotcom.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/ebola-outbreak-spreads-in-ethiopia-kenya-and-south-sudan-as-passenger-dies-at-kenyas-jomo-kenyatta-international-airport>

[The passenger tested negative for Ebola virus disease:
<http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2000137966/suspected-ebola-case-at-jkia-tests-negative>.

The Ethiopian and Kenyan governments said that they would not ban
flights from the 4 countries hit by Ebola. Ethiopia's and Kenya's
national carriers are major airlines connecting countries across
Africa and have on their part been pursuing the usual flights into
West Africa. Bole international airport [Addis Ababa] and Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) [Nairobi] so far haven't any
infrared thermometers or non-contact thermometers to measure body
temperature of in-bound and out-bound passengers for possible Ebola
symptoms. - Mod.JW]

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Nigeria: 850 solders returning from peacekeeping in Liberia [in March
2015] to be quarantined.
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Mon 13 Oct 2014: (BellaNaija) Ever since the World Health Organization
(WHO) declared Nigeria Ebola-free, the government has been doing
everything within its power to ensure that status is maintained. As a
result, precautionary measures are being taken as 850 Nigerian
soldiers who are on a peace-keeping mission in Liberia, where the
Ebola epidemic is rampant, return to Nigeria in March 2015.
Arrangements are already being made to quarantine the soldiers in
Gwagwalada, Abuja for 28 days before they rejoin their respective
platoons, The Stream reports.
<http://www.bellanaija.com/2014/10/13/ebola-850-nigerian-soldiers-returning-from-liberia-to-be-quarantined/>

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Sierra Leone: peacekeepers bound for Somalia quarantined over Ebola
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Tue 14 Oct 2014 (Reuters) A battalion of 800 Sierra Leone soldiers
awaiting deployment as peacekeepers in Somalia has been placed in
quarantine after one of its members tested positive for the deadly
ebolavirus, military officials said on Tue [14 Oct 2014]. The soldiers
were due to relieve the West African nation's contingent already
deployed with Somalia's African Union peacekeeping mission, known as
AMISOM. However, they will now be subject to a 21-day isolation
period, a senior officer in Sierra Leone's army told Reuters, asking
not to be named. Colonel Michael Samoura, spokesman of the Republic of
Sierra Leone Armed Forces, confirmed that a member of the battalion
had tested positive for the disease. He said the soldier was infected
after leaving the military camp where the force is based without
permission...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-health-ebola-idUSKCN0I311420141014>

[Byline: Umaru Fofana]

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USA: Texas nurse's dog quarantined
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Mon 13 Oct 2014: (ABC News) Officials say a one-year-old King Charles
Spaniel has been taken from the Dallas apartment of an Ebola-infected
nurse and will be cared for at an undisclosed location. [The nurse's]
apartment is being thoroughly cleaned after tests over the weekend
confirmed she is infected. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said
Monday evening [13 Oct 2014] that the dog would be cared for in an
"undisclosed location in a humane, caring way." City spokeswoman Sana
Syed says the dog named Bentley will be comfortable and have toys to
play with while he is monitored away from people.
<http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dallas-officials-vow-care-ebola-patients-dog-26166242>

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[See Also:
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prevention 20141013.2859164
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (12): USA new case, Spain, more
quarantined 20141012.2856660
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (11): Europe, threat to N. America,
recurrence 20141011.2854247
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (10): WHO, UN, Liberia, medevac, S.
Leone, USA 20141010.2851248
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (09): WHO, Spain, Australia, Canada,
USA 20141009.2848352
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (08): US death, concern re. spread,
travel ban 20141008.2843902
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (07): Europe cases, USA quarantine
stations 20141007.2840925
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (06): Spain case, USA case, US case
medevaced 20141006.2837374
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (05): USA ex Liberia, prevention
20141005.2834301
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (04): USA ex Liberia, prevention
20141004.2832236
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (03): USA ex Liberia, Germany case ex
S. Leone 20141003.2830392
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (02): USA ex Liberia, prevention,
false alarms 20141002.2827166
Ebola virus disease - ex Africa: USA ex Liberia, WHO 20141001.2823539
Ebola virus disease - West Africa (184): USA (TX) first case ex
Liberia 20140930.2819341]
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Naval Research Laboratory
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