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New String Of Ebola In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo; DFAT Advises Against Travel
au.ibtimes ^ | 29 Oct 2014 | By Athena Yenko

Posted on 10/29/2014 1:45:50 PM PDT by 11th_VA

The Australian government recommends for Australians to reconsider their need for travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, because of a new string of Ebola virus spreading in the region. The said string of Ebola is different from the deadly virus that is widely spread in West African countries. For those Australians already in DRC, they should be aware that many African countries had banned travelers coming from heavily infected areas.

According to the World Health Organisation, or WHO, the virus in DRC was identified to have come from Zaire species, a string that could have evolved from the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, DRC. The current string had come from a remote Boende district, Equateur province in the northwestern part of the DRC.

The string is inherent in the DRC. "The outbreak in DRC is a distinct and independent event, with no relationship to the outbreak in west Africa... the virus in the Boende district is definitely not derived from the variant currently circulating in west Africa," WHO said in a statement.

The government had also issued a "do not travel" advisory to the eastern and northeastern regions of the DRC, North and South Kivu Provinces and the Ituri district of Orientale Province due to high security threat and an ongoing armes conflict. Virunga National Park, a favourite among tourists, is located in this area. However, an intermittent armed conflict involving rebel group and the Congolese Army made the tourist spot dangerous.

Additionally, the government warned Kinshasa's main airport, Ndjili International Airport, and ferry terminal can close at short notice. Australia does not have an embassy or consulate in the DRC. Australians who wished to leave the country may seek help from the Canadian Embassy located in Kinshasa.

Meanwhile, WHO approved trials for Ebola vaccines formulated by Swissmedic. The trials will be made at the Lausanne University Hospital, or CHUV. WHO said the decision was made in its aim to release safe and effective Ebola treatment as soon as possible. The trial will be conducted on about 120 individuals in Lausanne. WHO said this is the latest in a series of trials that are happening in Mali, the United Kingdom and the United States.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congo; ebola; ebolavaccine
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Uh oh ...
1 posted on 10/29/2014 1:45:50 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Well there goes my vacation plans.


2 posted on 10/29/2014 1:51:16 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: 11th_VA

“New String Of Ebola In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo”

As if Detroit wasn’t already dangerous enough.


3 posted on 10/29/2014 1:53:08 PM PDT by Beagle8U (If illegal aliens are undocumented immigrants, then shoplifters are undocumented customers.)
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To: 11th_VA

If you’re nurse who was directly exposed to the virus, returns to the US, and then throws a hissy fit and hires an Obama lawyer, then don’t worry. These people cannot spread the virus.


4 posted on 10/29/2014 1:53:18 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

I think it goes beyond “hires an Obama lawyer”. I think she’s an Obama operative herself.


5 posted on 10/29/2014 1:56:52 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: 11th_VA

DFAT may be advising against travel, but would-be travellers will have the opportunity to meet Congolese folks when Obama brings all those suffering from Ebola here to the States for treatment on the taxpayers’ dime.


6 posted on 10/29/2014 2:09:01 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: 11th_VA; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
New strain? One the current "vaccine" won't work on?


Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

7 posted on 10/29/2014 2:09:14 PM PDT by null and void (And I think Kevin Bacon is doomed.)
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To: samtheman

“I think she’s an Obama operative herself.”

Absolutely no doubt!


8 posted on 10/29/2014 2:10:06 PM PDT by wrench (While not "airborne" , Ebola is a Spit-Borne virus. Good thing no one sneezes in public)
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To: SkyPilot

She’s a long time dem operative, and CDC employee.


9 posted on 10/29/2014 2:10:20 PM PDT by null and void (And I think Kevin Bacon is doomed.)
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To: null and void

Who is she, and what’s she trying to do? Enable mass bugout migrations of deadly-sick people to America, to make all the Norman Rockwell type “crackas” sick?


10 posted on 10/29/2014 2:15:38 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: lentulusgracchus
This:

Is the face of evil, the face of the demon possessed.

11 posted on 10/29/2014 2:20:16 PM PDT by null and void (And I think Kevin Bacon is doomed.)
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To: lentulusgracchus
This:

Is the face of evil, the face of the demon possessed.

12 posted on 10/29/2014 2:20:16 PM PDT by null and void (And I think Kevin Bacon is doomed.)
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To: lentulusgracchus
Who is she, and what’s she trying to do? Enable mass bugout migrations of deadly-sick people to America, to make all the Norman Rockwell type “crackas” sick?

Yep, white liberals are destroying this country right under our noses!
13 posted on 10/29/2014 2:23:24 PM PDT by ForAmerica (Texas Conservative Christian *born again believer in Jesus Christ* Black Man!)
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To: null and void; SkyPilot
null and void:" She’s a long time dem operative, and CDC employee."

None of this information is being told in the Lamestream media.
Furthermore, she has 'scrubbed' her FaceBook page.
Employed by the CDC, and now claims she is being 'bullied' into compliance of voluntary quarantine and will legally sue if the order is not lifted.
Let's see: Democrat, employed by CDC, quarantined, and will be represented in court by another Obama operative lawyer.
The CDC has already had to modify and update its' medical protocal due to being medically inadequate for Ebola.
This looks like its the CDC trying to solidify its position on "Open Borders" ,and "No Quarantine" legally through another Dem operative.

14 posted on 10/29/2014 2:29:56 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: null and void
Ebola caused her eyebrows to fall off.
15 posted on 10/29/2014 2:33:26 PM PDT by hummingbird (US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: null and void
Looks kind of rash-y around neck and chest.
16 posted on 10/29/2014 2:35:49 PM PDT by hummingbird (US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: Beagle8U

New String of cases or new strain?

If it were in Detroit it would complete the democrat party induced reversion back to it’s primal state without people.

Just think how much the IQ in the state would go up without (the stupid) people (democrats) in Detroit.


17 posted on 10/29/2014 2:36:26 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: 11th_VA
Not to worry. A lot of academics, the CDC, and cable TV doctors are saying it is not any worse than the flu because 20,000 die from the flu every year in this country and we have only had one die of this stuff.

Forget about the HAZMAT suits. That's just window dressing to get more government grant money.

18 posted on 10/29/2014 2:46:57 PM PDT by Gritty (Obama wants to wage war by measuring it out in teaspoons - Ralph Peters)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

19 posted on 10/29/2014 4:38:50 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: samtheman

“I think it goes beyond “hires an Obama lawyer”. I think she’s an Obama operative herself.”

No doubt in my mind.


20 posted on 10/29/2014 5:24:41 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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