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The Ministry of Health has confirmed that, as of Tue 2 Oct 2007, a 

total of 25 out of 76 suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever 

from the province of Kasai Occidental have now tested positive for 

the disease. A further 187 contacts are currently under medical 

observation and will remain so until each has reached the end of 

their respective potential incubation periods without developing any 

symptoms of the disease.



Although there is now strong clinical and epidemiological evidence to 

suggest that the outbreak is slowing, identifying and isolating all 

suspect cases is still a priority for the response teams to ensure 

that the chains of transmission are broken. This includes following 

up any contacts over the incubation period in order to isolate them 

immediately if they become ill. Two consecutive incubation periods 

must elapse, a total of 42 days following the identification and 

isolation of the last confirmed case, before the outbreak is 

considered controlled.



The international response team, with the participation of members of 

the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, is continuing to work 

with the Ministry of Health in all areas of disease control including 

community health education, social mobilization, contact tracing, 

clinical management, infection control in health facilities and rapid 

on-site laboratory diagnosis. The international team is also 

assisting in conducting retrospective epidemiological studies to 

further characterize the outbreak.



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[This WHO report confirms an earlier Agence France Presse report 

cases (among 76 suspected cases) of Ebola virus infection have now 

been confirmed in the Kasai Occidental province of Congo DR. The 

number of fatalities, which was given as 10 in the AFP report, is not 

confirmed in the WHO report. - Mod.CP]



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