Ebola outbreak out of control in Congo

Bird Flu
Continues to Threaten in Vietnam
Bird flu has spread to two more
provinces in northern Vietnam. According to the Department of Animal Health
under the Vietnam’ s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, bird flu has
spread to seven provinces in Vietnam’s northern and central regions including Ha
Tinh, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Bac Giang, Quang Ngai, Tuyen Quang and Hoa Binh.

Yosemite park
hantavirus alert to 230,000 campers
Yosemite park rangers have
expanded a health advisory about a killer virus to nearly a quarter of a million
people who have stayed there since June. The mouse-borne hantavirus is now known
to have infected nine people – three of whom have died. There is no known cure.
Officials at the California park insist their letters to more than 230,000
people are purely precautionary.

 

Ebola
outbreak out of control in Congo: WHO
The death toll has more
than doubled since last week to 31, including five health workers dying from the
contagious virus for which there is no known treatment. Ebola causes massive
bleeding and kills up to 90 percent of its victims.  

 

WHO warning as
Ebola virus kills 31 in DR Congo
An outbreak of the Ebola virus
in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 31 people and could threaten
major towns, the World Health Organization has warned. An epidemic was
officially declared on 17 August in the north-western Orientale Province. WHO
official Eugene Kabambi told Reuters that the situation was “very serious” and
was “not under control”.