Ethiopia investigates possible outbreak of new viral hemorrhagic fever after 8 people are infected

Health authorities successful Africa person confirmed a imaginable outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever successful confederate Ethiopia aft 8 suspected cases were reported

NAIROBI, Kenya -- African wellness authorities connected Thursday confirmed a imaginable outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever successful confederate Ethiopia that is nether probe aft 8 suspected cases were reported.

Ethiopia's Health Ministry is expected to denote the results of the ongoing probe connected Friday, according to the Africa CDC, the continent-wide wellness effect body.

Viral hemorrhagic fevers are a radical of epidemic-prone diseases and see Marburg and Ebola microorganism diseases, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and Lassa fever — each of which person been reported connected the continent successful caller years.

The World Health Organization said Thursday that it was deploying 11 method officers to enactment Ethiopia successful the probe and outbreak response.

“WHO is besides providing indispensable supplies, including idiosyncratic protective instrumentality for wellness workers and infection-prevention supplies, arsenic good arsenic a rapidly deployable isolation structure to bolster objective attraction and absorption capacity,” the U.N. bureau said successful a statement.

The outbreak has been reported successful the confederate portion of Omo, which borders neighboring South Sudan.

Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said Thursday that the outbreak was a interest due to the fact that “South Sudan isn’t acold and has a fragile wellness system.”

Several countries successful East and Central Africa person precocious experienced outbreaks of assorted viral hemorrhagic fevers.

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