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Version Hantavirus infographic #13 [13 cases as well].
A new @news.abc.net.au story hints that quarantine (at least in Aus) has been based on the disembarkation date (completed May 11). I've added that in as an orange-shaded box.
Anything unclear?
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Still no published SitRep from the @Com_mediasRDC for 12JUN, just an X post with limited data (no contacts or suspected case numbers). 21 new cases, 10 deaths; CFR at its highest value but still lower than would be expected at 20.7% (likely due to missing fatalities)
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No version published on insp.cd/sitrep ....?
🚨 POINT DE SITUATION EBOLA – 12 JUIN 2026
📍 3 provinces touchées : Ituri, Nord-Kivu et Sud-Kivu (29 zones de santé affectées).
🔹 710 cas confirmés cumulés ( 21 en 24h)
🔹 149 décès ( 10) – létalité : 21,0 %
🔹 324 patients en isolement ou hospitalisation
🔹 35 personnes guéries ( 3)
🔹 Suivi des contacts : 60,5 %
⚠️ La riposte se poursuit avec le renforcement du suivi des contacts, de la sensibilisation communautaire et de la prise en charge des patients.
🧼 Les autorités rappellent l’importance du lavage régulier des mains, du signalement rapide des cas suspects et de l’acceptation du suivi des contacts pour interrompre les chaînes de transmission.
📞 En cas de symptômes ou de suspicion : appelez gratuitement le 151. #StopEbola 🇨🇩
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The director-general of the World Health Organization states he is extremely concerned about the evolving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, already the third largest on record.
statnews.com/2026/06/13/who-…
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An updated timeline for the Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.
🕰️Now includes currently known earliest big exposure event.
🗺️Still trying to nail down location of Kpanga internally displaced persons site in Ituri Province. Please ping a map.
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On Pauline Hanson: Raf Epstein on #Insiders nails it - "the media hold her to a different standard."
Which is to say, no standard at all.
We've never had a detailed policy interview with Hanson. And a rare policy question sees Pauline unravel.
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Thank you for saying this out loud.
Raf Epstein calls out blatant favouritism media gives Pauline Hanson
“She could never say ‘show me the good Jews”
“She says that about Muslims”
“If she said that about Jews there’d be a discussion on this couch whether or not she should be prosecuted under hate laws”💥🎯 #auspol
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"The laboratory being installed will be equipped with a high-capacity PCR platform that can process up to 800 samples per day. Other innovative technologies, including GeneXpert, Rad One and Point of Care devices, will strengthen diagnostic capabilities"
1️⃣/2️⃣
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Presumably, this is a molecular suite with extraction and (probably) kit-based real-time PCR, as well as the "near point-of-care" tests to exclude Zaire and other pathogens.
Good stuff.
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No. The Gunther study didn't "prove" anything of the sort
The methods and data in that study couldn't possibly support that conclusion
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An excellent and sobering interview with @WHO Director-General @DrTedros by @HelenBranswell on the escalating #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC and the immense operational challenges facing responders.
Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand what is happening on the ground and what is at stake.
The director-general of the World Health Organization is profoundly worried about the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, he told STAT in an interview. trib.al/vrEV6U7
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There are many "blind spots" in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a World Health Organization expert said on Friday, suggesting the spread of the deadly disease may be much wider than official estimates. reuters.com/business/healthc…
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Disappointingly little new or extra information here. The media comments from WHO et al feelnlike they convey alarm at the spread, but these reports don't speak of root causes or deficits, rather just a skeletal numbers update.
DON: Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda: who.int/emergencies/disease-…
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Especially in the context of comparatively hugely detailed *daily* SitReps from the @Com_mediasRDC DRC Ministry of Health, but all in French.
Perhaps getting more of the world onboard the response could involve increasing the reach of your Comms @WHO @WHOAFRO ?
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DON: Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda: who.int/emergencies/disease-…
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RT @XavierAbadMdG: El problema amb les dades diàries el donen, de vegades, zones amb anàlisis retardats o un baix ratio de mostres de la zo…
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Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, the U.N. refugee agency said, with aid workers warning the risk of the disease spreading quickly in crowded refugee sites was high and worrying. reut.rs/4eE1A7b reut.rs/4eE1A7b
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Ian M Mackay, PhD (he/him) retweeted
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Ebola Outbreak Update | as of 10 June 2026
Find the latest figures on the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease reported in the DRC and Uganda.
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Situation Ebola | Au 10 juin 2026
Retrouvez les derniers chiffres de l'épidémie de la maladie à virus Ebola Bundibugyo en République démocratique du Congo et en Ouganda.
🔗 Situation report | Rapport de situation : ow.ly/K75150Zb0ga
#AfricaResponds #HealthSecurity #SécuritéSanitaire
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Latest #Ebola Bundibugyo numbers.
A low number of DRC-located confirmed #Ebola cases overnight - none new in Uganda.
But only 35 samples were analysed in Ituri; none in Nord Kivu (172 delayed) and nothing reported from South Kivu. Good news or a problem?
The contact tracing rate has dropped to 28% - need >90%
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A low number of DRC-located confirmed #Ebola cases overnight - none new in Uganda.
But only 35 samples were analysed in Ituri; none in Nord Kivu (172 delayed) and nothing reported from South Kivu. Good news or a problem?
The contact tracing rate has dropped to 28% - need >90%
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Contact tracing rate and new cases in a 24-hour period.
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New graph plotting data labelled "contacts in the past 24h" and I've divided those by the number of confirmed positives for the same period. HOWEVER, as I note in the footnote, the specifics aren't there, so don't conclude too much from this.
5-10 contacts per case seems low
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