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Ebola patients ESCAPE quarantine in city of 350,000 people
Daily Star ^ | Published 23rd May 2018 | Henry Holloway /

Posted on 05/23/2018 3:38:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Three patients escaped from quarantine in the city of Mbandaka in north western Democratic Republic of Congo.

Two of the three have been found dead, while a third patient has been found alive.

Medecins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) mission in the city confirmed the incident as they work to treat cases of Ebola.

The death toll of the outbreak has reached 27 as health chiefs crackdown on the virus.

World Health Organisation bosses have previously warned spread in the city could mean a repeat of the 2014 outbreak – which killed over 11,000.

WHO have shipped more than 8,600 vaccines to DRC, in a desperate attempt to prevent the spread of Ebola.

Another 8,000 are expected to arrive in coming days.

Doctors have hailed the latest dose of the vaccine a "paradigm shift" in fighting the disease.

And medical chiefs at WHO have claimed the world is much more prepared than in 2014.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: africa; captaintrips; congo; ebola
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To: BenLurkin

Escaped quarantine with Ebola? Flamethrowers. It’s the only way to be sure.


21 posted on 05/23/2018 6:06:50 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: BenLurkin

It seems fair to ban immigration from there and from surrounding areas.


22 posted on 05/23/2018 8:55:50 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: BenLurkin

Libs loved it when quarantined persons in America refused to stay put.


23 posted on 05/23/2018 9:33:09 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: Teacher317

>>Note: When you have the plague, and you’re quarantined... escaping to spread more of the disease in the hours before you die is not the best idea.

“I’ve only got a few hours left? Well then I’m sure as hell not gonna spend it in this bed watching CNN!”


24 posted on 05/23/2018 9:34:31 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: Tax-chick

Well, I’d want to see Screamin’ Jay Hawkins too but unfortunately he’s unavailable.


25 posted on 05/23/2018 9:36:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: null and void

I didn’t know they’ve developed a vaccine.


26 posted on 05/23/2018 9:46:45 PM PDT by Silentgypsy ( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
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To: Tax-chick

The ladies of the Limpopo detective agency should be assigned to this asap.


27 posted on 05/23/2018 9:50:02 PM PDT by Silentgypsy ( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
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To: Silentgypsy

Yes, perhaps they could persuade people that getting medical care for a deadly disease is the wisest thing.


28 posted on 05/24/2018 3:07:02 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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