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www.cbc.ca Ebola has topped 10,000 cases. Africa's top health official says the world should pay attention |... Africa's top doctor, who has called Canada home since 2013, tells CBC News there could be "massive" cross-border spread of Ebola in the months ahead as he calls for more international support. 1/There remains substantial uncertainty around the reported incident in Russia. A worker from BSL-3 lab tragically died with severe pneumonia; extensive infection-control measures appear to be implemented, but there is no confirmation of plague or another pathogen.View quoted post on X
#France has reported the first documented case of a human infection with #Shamonda virus, a virus only previously detected in animals.
The patient was immunocompromised, which made them more vulnerable to infection and severe disease, and unfortunately died. My heartfelt condolences to their loved ones.
Shamonda virus primarily affects animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and horses. The virus is thought to spread between animals by the bites of a midge, which is a small fly-like insect. Further studies are needed to fully understand transmission.
The French patient was in an area where the Shamonda virus was circulating in animals and where Culicoides midges were also present.
@WHO is in contact with French authorities who are collecting information to better understand the source of infection in the first human patient, possible routes of transmission and any potential risk to public health.View quoted post on X
