{"id":34534,"date":"2018-05-25T07:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34534"},"modified":"2018-05-25T07:44:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:44:46","slug":"escaped-ebola-patients-risked-spreading-virus-at-packed-prayer-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34534","title":{"rendered":"Escaped Ebola Patients Risked Spreading Virus At Packed Prayer Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-24\/escaped-ebola-patients-risked-spreading-virus-packed-prayer-meeting\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Escaped Ebola Patients Risked Spreading Virus At Packed Prayer Meeting<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1572\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1572\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>Two Ebola patients who escaped from a quarantine in the Democratic Republic of Congo attended a prayer meeting with 50 other people, <strong>raising the possibility that those exposed could reignite the Ebola epidemic that was on the edge of spreading throughout the world back in 2014.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/704983\/ebola-congo-outbreak-news-virus-patients-escape-prayer-mbandaka-who-msf-dnc\">Daily Star,<\/a> health agencies confirmed that two of the three fugitives from the quarantine may have spread the virus before dying. Government officials are now worried that the deadly and highly infectious disease could spread as victims fail to grasp the seriousness of being infected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebola.JPG?itok=hjLmGyyz\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebola.JPG?itok=hjLmGyyz\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebola.JPG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebola.JPG?itok=hjLmGyyz 1x\" alt=\"Ebola\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5a57b46d-0588-48b2-8eff-82b8181cf7c2\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The virus appears to be spreading despite 7,540 vaccines being distributed in the DRC by the World Health Organization. <\/strong>Another 8,000 doses are due to be provided in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>One doctor said the world is &#8220;on the knife&#8217;s edge&#8221; of another outbreak.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are on the epidemiological knife edge,&#8221; Dr. Peter Salama, the World Health Organization&#8217;s deputy director.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The next few weeks will really tell if this outbreak is going to expand to urban areas<\/strong> or if we are going to be able to keep it under control.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, seven of the confirmed Ebola cases have been found in urban settings. Doctors say the outbreak has &#8220;potential to expand.&#8221; Following a meeting with reporters, Dr. Peter Salama said the outbreak &#8220;could go either way in the coming weeks.&#8221; At last count, 27 people have died and at least 58 cases have been reported in the DRC since May 8.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are working around the clock to make sure it [goes] in the right direction,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/05\/drc-ebola-outbreak-knife-edge-urban-cases-rise-180523134122470.html\">Al Jazeera<\/a>, the fatality rate for those infected with Ebola is roughly 50%.\u00a0 The DRC&#8217;s present Ebola outbreak &#8211; its ninth since the virus was identified in 1976 &#8211; initially appeared confined to a remote village in the country&#8217;s northwestern province, but no more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebolatwo.JPG?itok=uJgyxdky\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebolatwo.JPG?itok=uJgyxdky\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebolatwo.JPG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018.05.24ebolatwo.JPG?itok=uJgyxdky 1x\" alt=\"Ebola\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"244d22eb-320e-40a6-94c3-812c0eae3331\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One case was confirmed last week in the city of Mbandaka, home to 1.2 million people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24virus.JPG?itok=rbR62OTM\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24virus.JPG?itok=rbR62OTM\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.05.24virus.JPG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018.05.24virus.JPG?itok=rbR62OTM 1x\" alt=\"Virus\" width=\"500\" height=\"640\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c95c4aaf-f7d9-44f5-b4f4-b2f7d4bebf7b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escaped Ebola Patients Risked Spreading Virus At Packed Prayer Meeting Two Ebola patients who escaped from a quarantine in the Democratic Republic of Congo attended a prayer meeting with 50 other people, raising the possibility that those exposed could reignite the Ebola epidemic that was on the edge of spreading throughout the world back in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2413,223,11419,607,664,878,10233,4318],"class_list":["post-34534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-democratic-republic-of-congo","tag-ebola","tag-epidemic","tag-pandemic","tag-quarantine","tag-who","tag-world-health-organization","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34535,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34534\/revisions\/34535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}