WHO notes Ebola shift to rural areas, posing new challenges

In its latest snapshot of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there’s a clear shift away from densely populated urban areas toward sparsely populated rural areas.

And in other developments, Tanzanian health officials again denied covering up Ebola cases, Hong Kong health officials have isolated a patient with a suspected Ebola infection while testing is under way, and global officials marked the 1,000th survivor of the outbreak.

Further case decline

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See also:

Oct 3 WHO update

Oct 3 Reuters story

Sep 23 CIDRAP News story “WHO pushes Tanzania on suspected Ebola cases; DRC OKs use of 2nd vaccine”

Oct 4 Hong Kong government press release

WHO Ebola dashboard

Oct 4 WHO/EERC/WFP/UNICEF/Save the Children news release

Oct 4 CDC news release

Oct 3 CMRE update

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