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WHO Update & Risk Assessment On Ebola In the DRC

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The World Health Organization has released their latest situation report and Risk Assessment on the Ebola outbreak which has been going in the eastern part of the DRC – very near the border with Uganda – since August 1st.

Confirmed and probable cases are approaching 400, and while that pales compared to the 28,000+ incurred during the 2014 West African epidemic, it is now the third largest on record and will likely soon take the spot. 

Complicating matters greatly is the lack of government control of the region, attacks on healthcare personnel, and a relatively porous border with neighboring countries – all of which could lead to a wider regional spread of the virus.

I’ve only posted some excerpts from a much longer update, so follow the link to read it in its entirety.

Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Disease outbreak news: Update
22 November 2018

Containing the ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a complex and challenging task but WHO remains confident that the outbreak can be successfully contained in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and partners.

On 16 November 2018, an armed group attacked the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) base in the Boikene District, in the city of Beni, close to the UN Ebola response residences. Response operations in Beni were briefly paused but all activities, including vaccination, resumed by 18 November. WHO condemns the attacks on peacekeepers who are integral to the ongoing efforts to manage the EVD outbreak. WHO will continue to evaluate the situation and risks involved, and remain vigilant about measures to protect responders and civilians.

Health centres have been identified as a source of disease transmission. Medications administered via injections were a notable cause of infection. Current efforts are focused on improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, including providing water and products for cleaning, training health providers at informal health centres and encouraging the provisision of medications which do not require injections.

During the reporting period (14 – 20 November), 36 new confirmed EVD cases were reported from Beni, Mutwanga, Kalunguta, Butembo, Katwa and Oicha while seven probable cases were reported from Kalunguta. Seven of the new cases were newborn babies and infants aged less than two years, six were children aged between 2 – 17 years and one case was a pregnant woman. Five health workers from Beni and Katwa were among the newly infected; 39 health workers have been infected to date. Ten additional survivors were discharged from Ebola treatment centres (ETCs) in Beni (six) and Butembo (four) and reintegrated into their communities; 113 patients have recovered to date.

As of 20 November, 386 EVD cases (339 confirmed and 47 probable), including 219 deaths (172 confirmed and 47 probable)1, have been reported in 11 health zones in North Kivu Province and three health zones in Ituri Province (Figure 1). The overall trends in weekly case incidence reflect continued community transmission in several cities and villages in North Kivu (Figure 2). Given the expected delays in case detection and ongoing data reconciliation activities, trends, especially in the most recent weeks, must be interpreted cautiously.

The risk of the outbreak spreading to other provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as to neighbouring countries, remains very high. Over the course of the past week, alerts have been reported from Uganda and Zambia; EVD has been ruled out for all alerts to date. 

http://www.who.int/csr/don/22-november-2018-ebola-drc/en/
http://www.who.int/csr/don/22-november-2018-ebola-drc/en/

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WHO risk assessment

This outbreak of EVD is affecting north-eastern provinces of the country, which border Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. Potential risk factors for transmission of EVD at the national and regional levels include: transportation links between the affected areas, the rest of the country, and neighbouring countries; the internal displacement of populations; and the displacement of Congolese refugees to neighbouring countries. The country is concurrently experiencing other epidemics (e.g. cholera, vaccine-derived poliomyelitis, malaria), and a long-term humanitarian crisis. Additionally, the security situation in North Kivu and Ituri at times limits the implementation of response activities. WHO’s risk assessment for the outbreak is currently very high at the national and regional levels; the global risk level remains low. WHO continues to advise against any restriction of travel to, and trade with, the Democratic Republic of the Congo based on currently available information.

As the risk of national and regional spread is very high, it is important for neighbouring provinces and countries to enhance surveillance and preparedness activities. The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) Emergency Committee has advised that failing to intensify these preparedness and surveillance activities would lead to worsening conditions and further spread. WHO will continue to work with neighbouring countries and partners to ensure that health authorities are alerted and are operationally prepared to respond.

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Home Office tried to deport 300 skilled migrants under terrorism law

UK expert at screwing people bureaucratically!

Teachers, doctors and lawyers among those wrongly forced to leave UK under security rules

The Home Office has wrongly tried to force at least 300 highly skilled migrants to leave Britain under an immigration rule designed primarily to tackle terrorists and those judged to be a threat to national security, government figures show.

The figures, revealed in a governmental review of its use of the controversial 322(5) provision, also suggest that up to 87 highly skilled migrants – including teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professionals – have actually been wrongly forced to leave the UK under the terrorism-related legislation. A further 400 people may have been affected.

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He was a young artist employed by the Disney studio, but tasked with the entry-level job of finishing off the work of the animators and crafting the “in-between” animations that completed the characters’ movements. Wong had learned that studio executives were creating a film from the new novel, Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten. Tom says the young artist read the book and without consulting his supervisor, “took the script and painted some visual concepts to set the mood, color and the design.” 

His sketches recalled the lush mountain and forest scenes of Sung dynasty landscape paintings. His initiative paid off. Walt Disney, who was looking for something new for the film, was captivated and personally directed that Wong be promoted. Today, top animators and illustrators revere Wong’s work. Children today are as enchanted by the misty, lyrical brushstrokes of Wong’s colorful nature scenes, inspired by his training at Otis College of Art and self-study of Sung Dynasty art 

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Israeli court prepping to evict hundreds of Palestinians from East Jerusalem

Jerusalem/ PNN/

The Israeli High Court of Justice on Thursday rejected an appeal by Palestinian residents from the town of Silwan in East Jerusalem against an ethnic cleansing procedure, since the settlement group Ateret Cohanim called for evicting and deporting 700 of Palestinian families from the land.

According to PalToday website, The call was based on claims that the land belonged to Jewish Yemenis who lived in it more than a hundred years ago.

The court rejected the appeal filed by 104 Palestinians from the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan against the claims of the settlement association, although it acknowledged that the expropriation methods used by the settlement association were suspicious and raised questions about the validity of the procedures for the transfer of land and ownership.

In 2001, the settlement association obtained a judicial decision from the Jerusalem District Court appointing three of the association’s members as contractors responsible for stopping the land that was registered as a stopover for the Jews of Yemen in the 19th century.

In 2002, the so-called “Values ​​of Absentee Property” transfered  the land to become “Jewish Property” owned by the association. In that process, more than 70 Palestinian family homes were now owned by the settlement association, which is working permanently to Judaize the Old City of Jerusalem and the adjacent neighborhoods.

Despite the fact that the Israeli court recognized the defects in the transfer of land in Silwan from the “values ​​of absentee property” in favor of the settlement association, it approved the transfer process in favor of the association, paving the way for the Ateret Cohanim to continue attempts to deport Palestinian families of Silwan from these houses and lands under the pretext that they have become a society.

In its decision, the Israeli court indicated that the Magistrate’s Courts, which would decide on the evacuation of the Palestinian population at the request of the settlers, would have to decide on the quality and nature of the land and the transfer of the values ​​of absentee property to the settlement association.