Disease outbreaks will increase as per ZetaTalk

[Starr DiGiacomo]

 

Taking Sick

On Jan 15, 1998 ZetaTalk stated that Illness will increase as Planet X approaches.  Zetas right again !!!

ZetaTalk: Take Sick, written Feb 15, 1998.

Increasingly, as the pole shift nears, the populace will take sick. This will take the form of known illnesses occurring more frequently, seemingly depressed immune systems, but will also appear as new and puzzling illnesses not seen before in the memory of man. What is going on here?

The changes at the core of the Earth that have resulted in El Nino weather patterns and white buffalo and deformed frogs also affect man. The germs are on the move. Their carriers are on the move. And thus humans are exposed to diseases that are so rare as to be undocumented in medical journals.

You will see increasing illness, odd illnesses, microbes that travel because an insect is scattering about and spreading germs in places where it normally doesn't travel. 90% of all the illness and distress you're going to see is a natural situation, a natural occurrence. Because of the changing, swirling in the core of the Earth, and this will continue to up-tick until the pole shift.

And reiterated in 1999

ZetaTalk: Next 3 1/2 Years, written Sep 15, 1999.

Sickness will slightly increase from where it is today. There is a lot of illness now because people who are already unstable are unable to take the turmoil caused by the increased emanations from the Earth. Some of them have simply sensed what is coming and have decided to die. This is true of animals as well as humans. Sickness will increase, but not to the point where it is going to get exponentially worse.

On Feb 2, 2000 a Washington report confirmed this increase, and published concerns were subsequently reported.

Diseases From Around World Threatening U.S.
Reuters, Feb 2, 2000

30 New Diseases Make Global Debut
At least 30 previously unknown diseases have appeared globally since 1973, including HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C, Ebola haemorrhagic fever and the encephalitis-related Nipah virus that emerged in Indonesia. Twenty well-known infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera have re-emerged or spread since 1973.

  

Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
Scientific American, August 2000

Notably, computer models predict that global warming, and other climate alterations it induces, will expand the incidence and distribution of many serious medical disorders. Disturbingly, these forecasts seem to be coming true.

And since this time, SARS and increased incidence of flesh eating disease,
and entire cruise ships regularly returning to port with the passengers ill with stomach flu have been reported.
Depressed immune systems?
Zetas RIGHT Again!

After the pole shift, there will be many opportunistic diseases that will afflict mankind. This does not require an imagination, as today they afflict mankind after disasters. The primary affliction will be from sewage laden water, which will pollute the drinking water man is forced to use. We have been adamant about mankind distilling their drinking water after the pole shift for this reason. Distillation removes heavy metals as well as killing microbes by the boiling process. Any disease that flourishes in malnourished bodies and in areas of poor hygiene will take advantage of the pole shift disasters. Scurvy due to lack of Vitamin C will occur, with bleeding gums and even death if not corrected. Many weeds are high in Vitamin C and survivors should arm themselves with knowledge about the vitamin content of weeds. Unprotected sex by survivors either taking advantage of the weak, as in rape, or by simple distraction and grief and a lack of contraceptive devices will spread AIDS and hepatitis. Morgellons, which is caused by a synergy of parasites and microbes when the immune system is low will likely increase. There will be outbreaks of diseases which were endemic in the past, such as small pox or measles, but in those survivor communities where the members have been immunized in the past these will be limited and quarantines can help in this regard.

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/20no2010.htm

 

Chile battles youth unrest and typhoid fever outbreak

Posted on September 15, 2011 by The Extinction Protocol

September 15, 2011 – SANTIAGO – Chile’s problems dealing with youth unrest over slow education reforms are being compounded by concerns the capital may be in the grip of a typhoid fever outbreak. The government has battled to enforce restraint on law enforcement agencies amid angry student-led protests, which have disrupted urban centers across the country for more than a month. The reforms demanded by youth groups are nowhere near being implemented and protests continue to simmer with support from teachers and workers unions. Now authorities are faced with the more immediate risk of typhoid. Health authorities issued repeated alerts for tougher hygiene checks and controls after they found several people infected and seriously ill with typhoid in the western metropolitan area of Santiago. At least seven cases were confirmed by the Public Health Institute but there were no immediate reports of fatalities. “Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease triggered by a salmonella bacteria strain,” Institute Director Maria Teresa Valenzuela said. In most cases the infection is caused by consumption of contaminated food and drink or fruit and vegetables grown in areas where contaminated water is used in irrigation. Typhoid fever produces symptoms of high fever, diarrhea or intense headaches. The Santiago region has been prone to typhoid outbreaks since the 1990s when incidence of the disease caused up to 190 cases a year.

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/chile-battles...

Epidemic Hazard in India on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.

Description
The Department of Health and Family Welfare has informed that it had received a message through telephone on 12th September 2011 of an outbreak of fever of unknown cause leading to three deaths at Poilwa village, Peren District. Immediately the State Rapid Response Team (RRT) of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), Nagaland, comprising of Dr. John Kemp (State Surveillance Officer), Dr. Sao Tunyi (Epidemiologist), Dr. Kevisevolie Sekhose (Epidemiologist), and Venezo Vasa (Entomologist) conducted an outbreak investigation at Poilwa village. The team collected three samples from suspected cases out of which all the three were tested positive for Scrub Typhus. Till date, there are 9 cases with 3 deaths. This was stated in a official press note issued by Dr. Imtimeren Jamir, the Principal Director, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. Scrub Typhus is Rickettsial disease caused Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by the bite of mite called Leptotrombidium deliense. In Nagaland, it was formerly detected by IDSP with Central Surveillance Team at Longsa village Mokokchung in 2006, and in Porba village of Phek District in 2007. The State RRT team carried out the outbreak investigation along with doing and entomological survey. The patients were treated with appropriate medicines and awareness and preventive measures were communicated with the villagers. The concerned local health authorities and programs are informed for further necessary action. The mop-up operation is being carried out by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program.
Biohazard name:	Typhus (Scrub)
Biohazard level:	3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms:	- After bite by infected mite larvae called chiggers, papule develops at the biting site which ulcerates and eventually heals with the development of a black eschar. - Patients develop sudden fever with headache, weakness, myalgia, generalized enlargement of lymph nodes, photophobia, and dry cough. - A week later, rash appears on the trunk, then on the extremities, and turns pale within a few days. - Symptoms generally disappear after two weeks even without treatment. - However, in severe cases with Pneumonia and Myocarditis, mortality may reach 30% Diagnosis - The most commonly used test for diagnosis is Wel-Felix Test, which is available at State IDSP laboratory, Kohima. - More specific serological tests like detection of IgM can also be done for diagnosis.
Status:	confirmed

Turns out, the plague isn't just ancient history. New Mexico health officials recently confirmed the first human case of bubonic plague — previously known as the "Black Death" — to surface in the U.S. in 2011. 

An unidentified 58-year-old man was hospitalized for a week after suffering from a high fever, pain in his abdomen and groin, and swollen lymph nodes, reports the New York Daily News. (Officials declined to say when the man was released from the hospital.) A blood sample from the man tested positive for the disease.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/10/first-case-of-bubonic-plague-...

http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/10/first-case-of-bubonic-plague-...

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:33 (03:33 AM) UTC.

Description
Umatilla County health officials today confirmed a case of plague in an adult male county resident. He may have been infected while hunting in Lake County, noted Sharon Waldern, clinic supervisor for the county’s public health department. “Lake County had two cases of human plague last year.” The man has been hospitalized and is receiving treatment, Waldern noted. “People need to realize he was never considered contagious and he started treatment fairly quickly.” Plague is spread to humans through a bite from an infected flea. The disease is serious but treatable with antibiotics if caught early, officials said. Plague can be passed from fleas feeding on infected rodents and then transmitted to humans. Direct contact with infected tissues or fluids from handling sick or dead animals can pass the disease, as well as through respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague, officials said in a press release. Some types are spread from person to person, but that is not the case here, Waldern said. Symptoms typically develop within one to four days and up to seven days after exposure and include fever, chills, headache, weakness and a bloody or watery cough due to pneumonia, enlarged, tender lymph nodes, abdominal pain and bleeding into the skin or other organs. Plague is rare in Oregon. Only three human cases have been diagnosed since 1995 and they all recovered. Last year two human cases of plague were diagnosed in Lake County. As far as she knows, this is the first ever incident in Umatilla County. “In this recent case it is important to stay away from flea-infested areas and to recognize the symptoms. People can protect themselves, their family members and their pets,” said Genni Lehnert-Beers, administrator for Umatilla County Health Department. “Using flea treatment on your pets is very important, because your pets can bring fleas into your home.” People should contact their health care provider or veterinarian if plague is suspected. Early treatment for people and pets with appropriate antibiotics is essential to curing plague infections. Untreated plague can be fatal for animals and people. Antibiotics to prevent or treat plague should be used only under the direction of a health care provider. Additional steps to prevent flea bites include wearing insect repellent, tucking pant cuffs into socks when in areas heavily occupied by rodents, and avoiding contact with wildlife including rodents.
Biohazard name:	Plague (Bubonic)
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Statu The Black Death: Bubonic Plague 	confirmed http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH...

[lonne de vries]

Researchers identify rare adult immune disease in Asia

 Doctors have identified the disease as a syndrome that creates AIDS-like symptoms but say it’s not a virus, and it’s not contagious.

 

Source

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     BH-20120815-36186-USA
Event type:     Biological Hazard
Date/Time:     Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 at 03:14 (03:14 AM) UTC
Continent:     North-America
Country:     USA
County / State:     State of Texas
Area:     Dallas County
Coordinate:     N 32° 48.148, W 96° 50.106
Dead person(s):     9
Infected person(s):     175

Description;
Nine people have died from a West Nile virus outbreak that infected 175 people in Dallas County, Texas, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency. The emergency was declared on Friday by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, the county’s director of homeland security and emergency management. “This declaration will expand our avenues DisasterNew assistance in our ongoing battle with West Nile virus,” Jenkins said. “While we are busy doing everything we can to keep residents well informed and as protected as possible, we need your help.” Jenkins also said that planes would be spraying insecticide over areas most effected by the virus, which is spread by mosquitoes. He assured citizens that the insecticide is safe and that the planes will be precise in their spraying. Tarrant County has also received 146 reported cases of West Nile in the last few weeks. The county has not declared a state of emergency, though. Houston officials are warning residents of an increased threat of the virus. “Houston can definitely expect an increase in West Nile disease,” said Kristy Murray, an infectious disease specialist at the Baylor College of Medicine’s National School of Tropical Medicine, DisasterNews reports. “From mid-August through September is the big season here.”

Biohazard name:     West Nile virus outbreak
Biohazard level:     2/4 Medium
Source.

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EH-20120813-36156-CHN
Event type:     Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:     Monday, 13 August, 2012 at 06:46 (06:46 AM) UTC
Continent:     Asia
Country:     China
County / State:     Province of Jiangsu
City:     Lianyungang
Coordinate:     N 34° 35.793, E 119° 13.277
Infected person(s):     2

Description
Two cases of cutaneous anthrax have been confirmed in Lianyungang of east China's Jiangsu Province, reported a spokesman for the Ministry of Health on Monday. Skin irritations were found among seven villagers in Lianyungang, said Deng Haihua, the spokesman said at a press conference here. The symptoms of the other five villagers were not typical, but they have also been placed under medical observation, he said. All seven villagers are in stable, non-serious conditions, he added. The infected villagers were believed to have taken part in killing a sick cow. Cutaneous, or skin, anthrax is the least serious form of the disease. It is usually contracted when a person with a cut or sore on their skin comes into direct, unprotected contact with anthrax spores on a sick or dead animal. The provincial health department responded shortly after the events were reported. Medical teams were sent to treat the villagers and sanitise the farm and their residences, Deng said. Health departments will raise the monitoring level on anthrax and help educate local people about the disease, he said. Agricultural departments were also informed of the events, he said. "We will closely follow the development of these cases and make sure the disease is under control," he said.

Biohazard name:     Anthrax (cutaneous)
Biohazard level:     4/4 Hazardous

Source.

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EH-20120812-36148-KEN
Event type:     Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:     Sunday, 12 August, 2012 at 17:20 (05:20 PM) UTC
Continent:     Africa
Country:     Kenya
County / State:     Coast Province
City:     Mombasa
Coordinate:     S 4° 2.609, E 39° 40.092
Infected person(s):     1

A truck driver was yesterday quarantined at Mombasa's Aga Khan Hospital on suspicion he was infected with the deadly Ebola virus. The man only identified as Moses, 61, is said to have been in Kampala as from August 3, and arrived yesterday in Mombasa with symptoms resembling those of Ebola. According to Coast provincial director of Public Health and Sanitation Anisa Omar, the man had symptoms of fatigue, sore throat and fever, prompting doctors to seclude him from the rest of the patients at the hospital. "It's true the man was in Kampala from August 3 and when he arrived, he developed the symptoms. He decided to seek medical attention at the hospital where he was isolated from the other patients after being examined by the doctors,' Omar said. Anisa said the patient's blood samples have been taken to the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Nairobi. She however allayed fears of the virus spreading to other parts of the region saying the situation is under control. This comes a week after Public Health Minister Beth Mugo assured the country that the government was doing all it can to shield Kenyans from the deadly virus. Ebola kiled 14 people in Western Uganda two weeks ago.

Biohazard name:     Ebola (susp.)
Biohazard level:     4/4 Hazardous

Source.

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EH-20120811-36140-USA
Event type:     Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:     Saturday, 11 August, 2012 at 16:24 (04:24 PM) UTC
Continent:     North-America
Country:     USA
County / State:     State of Nebraska
Area:     Douglas County    
Coordinate:     N 41° 18.889, W 96° 11.708

Description;
Health officials from Nebraska’s most populous county are reporting an increase of shigellosis prompting the issuance of a health warning for residents. According to a Douglas County Health Department news release Friday, health officials have investigated at least 50 confirmed cases of Shigella sonnei infection since May of this year. This is a large increase to what health officials typically see in a calendar year. In eight of the nine previous years, Douglas County reported 31 or fewer cases. Health officials say 4 out of 10 cases are in children less than five-years-old. Most of the cases, 62 percent, have been associated with childcare settings. Shigellosis is an acute bacterial disease of the intestines caused by several species of the bacterium, Shigella. It is typified by loose stools, frequently containing blood and mucus (dysentery), accompanied by fever, vomiting, cramps and occasionally toxemia. It can cause bacillary dysentery because of the invasive ability of the organism that may result ulcerations and abscesses of the intestines. It rarely spreads to the bloodstream. More severe complications may include convulsions in children, Reiter’s syndrome and hemolytic uremic syndrome depending on the species of Shigella implicated.

This diarrheal disease is found worldwide with the vast majority of cases and deaths being in children. Outbreaks usually occur where there are crowded conditions and where personal hygiene is poor: prisons, day care centers and refugee camps are three examples. It is transmitted primarily by fecal-oral person-to-person means. It can also occur through contaminated food or water. Those primarily responsible for transmission is people that fail to wash their hands thoroughly after defecation. Because Shigella is resistant to gastric acid, a person can be infected with as little as 10 organisms. After getting infected symptoms usually appear 1-3 days later. It can be transmitted during the acute phase of infection till approximately four weeks after illness when the organism is no longer present in the feces. Asymptomatic carriers can also infect others. Diagnosis is confirmed through bacteriological culture of feces. Treatment of shigellosis may include fluid and electrolyte replacement if there are signs of dehydration. Antibiotics can shorten the course of infection, the severity of illness and the period of time a person may excrete the pathogen. Because of some antibiotic resistance, a antibiotic susceptibility test should be performed to determine which antibiotic will be effective. Douglas County Health Director Dr. Adi Pour said, “Hand washing is absolutely critical to controlling any disease that involves diarrhea. It is especially important to wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds after changing diapers or using the bathroom, since it takes only a small exposure to pass along the disease.” Douglas County is located in eastern Nebraska and is home to one-fourth of the state’s population. Omaha is the county seat.

Biohazard name:     Shigellosis
Biohazard level:     2/4 Medium

Source.

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EH-20120810-36116-PAK
Event type:     Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:     Friday, 10 August, 2012 at 03:28 (03:28 AM) UTC
Continent:     Asia
Country:     Pakistan
County / State:     State of Sindh
City:     Karachi
Coordinate:     N 24° 53.784, E 67° 1.326
Infected person(s):     1

Description;
The first case of deadly Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever has been confirmed from a private hospital in Karachi, whose lab analysis confirmed that the patient was suffering from the viral disease, officials said on Thursday. The Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell officials confirmed that the patient, whose name was not disclosed, was admitted to a private hospital in Karachi with symptoms of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever. His test from another private hospital confirmed that he was suffering from the disease. Sources in the provincial health department said the patient’s name was Jumma Khan, whose age was between 40 and 45 years and he belongs to Karachi. He was being treated at a local private hospital after testing positive for the Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic fever. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), CCHF is a severe disease in humans, with a high mortality rate. Fortunately, human illness occurs rarely, although animal infection may be more common. The WHO says the disease has been prevalent in Pakistan, especially in the Balochistan province, since 2000 and over last two years, caused the deaths of several people.

Biohazard name:     Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
Biohazard level:     4/4 Hazardous

Source

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     BH-20120809-36106-CHN
Event type:     Biological Hazard
Date/Time:     Thursday, 09 August, 2012 at 03:20 (03:20 AM) UTC
Continent:     Asia
Country:     China
County / State:     Province of Jiangsu
Area:     Ganyu County
City:     Lianyungang
Coordinate:     N 34° 50.439, E 119° 10.637
Infected person(s):     2

Description
Two villagers are being treated at a local hospital for anthrax, an infectious disease, in Ganyu county, Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province. "There are indeed two villagers who have diagnosed of anthrax in the county, but we are not very clear on the details," an unidentified staffer at the disease control and prevention center of Lianyungang, told the Global Times. The two villagers were sent to the Lianyungang No.4 People's Hospital with swollen, festering and blackened skin. Laboratory tests confirmed they are suffering from the highly infectious disease. Five other villages with skin irritations have been quarantined. The seven villagers, along with three others, slaughtered a sick bull that had been transported from another province. The three villagers who have not shown any symptoms are taking preventive medication. The source of anthrax infection is herbivores including cattle, sheep and mules. It is listed as a Grade-B infectious disease by Chinese authorities. Anyone who comes in close contact with an animal stricken by anthrax will be infected. "Every year China has anthrax cases, which can be treated with antibiotics," reported guokr.com, a Chinese science website.

Biohazard name:     Anthrax
Biohazard level:     4/4 Hazardous

Source

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EP-20120808-36093-PAK
Event type:     Epidemic
Date/Time:     Wednesday, 08 August, 2012 at 04:48 (04:48 AM) UTC
Continent:     Asia
Country:     Pakistan
County / State:     North West Frontier Province
Area:     Swabi District
Coordinate:     N 34° 7.000, E 72° 28.000
Infected person(s):     130

Description
Around 130 people suffering from cholera and gastroenteritis in Swabi district’s Takeel village were rushed to tehsil and district headquarters (DHQ) hospitals on Tuesday. According to Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Gul Muhammad Khan, the victims had been drinking water from a contaminated spring in the area, leading to the outbreak. He added that the area was a remote village in Gadoon, where people lack healthcare and educational facilities. Gul said the district health department has dispatched a medical mobile unit along with an ambulance to contain the outbreak. He maintained it was the responsibility of basic health units (BHU) in Ghani Chatra and Ghabasini – the village’s adjacent areas – but they have not been provided a staff by the government yet. “If the BHUs had staff, the number of people we had to vaccinate would have been less,” he added. Mukhtiar Khan, an administrative official in Topi’s Tehsil Headquarters Hospital said more than 35 cholera patients had been admitted so far. “We vaccinate the victims, try to control their dehydration… if their condition is serious, they are transferred to the DHQ hospital,” he informed. The official added that despite lacking in facilities, they were extending all possible medical care to the patients.

Biohazard name:     Cholerae Outbreak
Biohazard level:     2/4 Medium

Source

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EH-20120728-35961-ZWE
Event type:     Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:     Saturday, 28 July, 2012 at 03:34 (03:34 AM) UTC
Continent:     Africa
Country:     Zimbabwe
County / State:     Multiple areas
Area:     Harare (Capital City) and Chitungwiza
Coordinate:     S 18° 0.000, E 31° 3.000
Infected person(s):     111

Updated:     Thursday, 02 August, 2012 at 13:56 UTC
Description
A typhoid outbreak has hit Harare and Chitungwiza, with at least 111 confirmed cases by yesterday. City officials attributed the outbreak to water shortages in the city and its satellite towns of Chitungwiza, Norton, Ruwa and Epworth. Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the faeces of an infected person. Chitungwiza, Norton, Ruwa and Epworth receive water from Harare whose water treatment plant is facing mechanical problems. The majority of the cases are in Chitungwiza where at least 83 people were treated for the disease. Harare had 28 confirmed cases, with 25 of them occurring at a supermarket in the Avenues area, while three were in Mabvuku/Tafara suburb. City health services director Dr Prosper Chonzi said the supermarket has since been barred from selling fresh, raw and cooked foods.

"We are still tracing the customers who bought food from the supermarket," he said. "We have a full outbreak response team in Mabvuku and Tafara. We have stationed a doctor at Mabvuku clinic to attend to the cases." Dr Chonzi said six of the affected people were detained at the Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospital. He said the majority of the cases were treated and discharged depending on the severity of their conditions. The outbreak in Tafara and Mabvuku, Dr Chonzi said, was caused by the use of unprotected wells. He said the outbreak in Chitungwiza was posing serious threats to Harare because of the high human traffic between the two urban centres. Chitungwiza acting director of health services Mr Herbert Chiroodza said they would drill boreholes in the affected areas. "We did alert Harare City Council and the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare on the outbreak," he said. "We have since made negotiations with Harare so that the affected areas do not experience water cuts during this outbreak."

Chitungwiza residents urged the authorities to address the water situation before the disease gets worse. The residents believe that a death which occurred in the location was linked to the outbreak and that people who attended the man's burial could have contracted and passed on the disease. "We used to get tap water thrice a week, but now we are getting it only once a week. Can you imagine that we last had supplies on Saturday and we do not know when we are going to have tap water," said Mrs Kudzanai Joseph. She said residents have no choice, but to dig shallow wells at their homes. Another resident, Ms Nyasha Kujeke, who is still recuperating from typhoid, said the municipality must act urgently on the disease.

"Everyone is sick in this area. We do not know where else to get safe drinking water," she said. "The boreholes are overwhelmed, our wells are contaminated. Should we buy bottled water while we are paying water bills to council?" Harare town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi said on Tuesday that most of Harare would not have adequate water because of the mechanical problems. The water problems have been traced to Norton, which is accused of discharging 10 million litres of raw sewer close to Harare's raw water abstraction point. Norton chief executive officer Mr Winslow Muyambi confirmed his council was discharging raw sewer into Lake Manyame.

 Source; http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_summary&edis_id...

[Robyn Appleton]

EDIS Number:     EH-20120726-35941-UGA
Event type:     Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:     Thursday, 26 July, 2012 at 15:57 (03:57 PM) UTC
Continent:     Africa
Country:     Uganda
County / State:     Western Uganda
Area:     Kibaale District, Mbarara and the Capital City (Kampala)
Coordinate:     N 0° 46.419, E 31° 4.590
Dead person(s):     16
Infected person(s):     36

Updated:     Thursday, 02 August, 2012 at 16:14 UTC

Description;
The hospital at the center of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now dealing with 30 suspected cases, including five from Kibaale prison, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa said Thursday. Three patients at Kagadi hospital have been confirmed as having the virus, said Kyamanywa, a district health officer. Doctors are now testing the suspected cases urgently so they can separate confirmed cases from those who do not have the disease, Doctors Without Borders said. Suspected cases are still trickling into the hospital, Kyamanywa said. At least 16 people have died in the current outbreak. The five prisoners have been showing Ebola-like symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and fever, the doctor said. "We do expect the number of suspected cases to increase," he said. "It's important to break transmission and reduce the number of contacts that suspected cases have." There is a fear that the outbreak will spread to the capital, but it is unlikely, he said. Many patients fled Kagadi hospital when Ebola was confirmed, he said, and the hospital is struggling to respond to all the call-outs to suspected cases.

"Right now there is no treatment for Ebola, so the most effective measure we can take is to contain the spread of the disease," said Olimpia de la Rosa, the Doctors Without Borders emergency coordinator for Uganda Ebola intervention. "That is why we need to start working immediately. Other cases need to be rapidly identified because containment is what can stop it," said the expert from the aid group, which is also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres. The Ugandan government has asked people in western Uganda to travel by public transport only if it is necessary. The outbreak began in the Kibaale district in western Uganda. The deaths have stoked heightened fear about the spread of the virus, a highly infectious, often fatal agent spread through direct contact with bodily fluids. Symptoms can include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, a measles-like rash, red eyes and, at times, bleeding from body openings. Market day was canceled Wednesday after Uganda's president warned people not to gather in large groups. Health officials urged the public to report any suspected cases, to avoid contact with anyone infected and to wear gloves and masks while disinfecting bedding and clothing of infected people. Officials also advised avoiding public gatherings in the affected district. Teams in Uganda are taking an aggressive approach, including trying to track down anyone who came into contact with patients infected with the virus and health workers have been gearing up for better protection of health workers and an influx of cases.

The workers include people from Uganda's ministry of health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. The outbreak initially went undetected because patients did not show typical symptoms, Ugandan Health Minister Dr. Christine Ondoa told CNN on Sunday. Patients had fevers and were vomiting, but did not show other typical symptoms, such as hemorrhaging. Diagnosis in an individual who has only recently been infected can be difficult since early symptoms, such as red eyes and skin rash, are seen more frequently in patients who have more common diseases, the CDC said. Uganda's Ministry of Health declared the outbreak in Kibaale district Saturday after the Uganda Virus Research Institute identified the disease as the Sudan strain of Ebola hemorrhagic fever.

Updated:     Friday, 03 August, 2012 at 17:19 UTC

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Doctors were slow to respond to an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda because symptoms weren't always typical, but a World Health Organization official said Friday that authorities are halting the spread of the deadly disease. Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told reporters in the capital Kampala that everyone known to have had contact with Ebola victims has been isolated. Ugandan health officials have created an "Ebola contact list" with names of people who had even the slightest contact with those who contracted Ebola. The list now bears 176 names. "The structure put in place is more than adequate," Saweka said. "We are isolating the suspected or confirmed cases." Ebola was confirmed in Uganda on July 28, several days after villagers were dying in a remote corner of western Uganda. Ugandan officials were slow to investigate possible Ebola because the victims did not show the usual symptoms, such as coughing blood. At least 16 Ugandans have died of the disease. Delays in confirming Ebola allowed the disease to spread to more villages deep in the western district of Kibaale, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said.

"The doctors in Kibaale say the symptoms were a bit atypical of Ebola," Museveni said in a national address Monday. "They were not clearly like Ebola symptoms. Because of that delay, the sickness spread to another village." Saweka said that organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are helping Ugandan officials to control the spread of Ebola. This is the fourth outbreak of Ebola in Uganda since 2000, when the disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized in northern Uganda. Ebola is highly infectious and kills quickly. The disease was first reported in 1976 in Congo and is named for the river where it was recognized, according to the CDC. The aid group Doctors Without Borders said in a statement on Wednesday that the first victim of the Ebola outbreak was a 3-month-old girl and that of the 65 people who attended her funeral, 15 later contracted the deadly disease. Funerals in Uganda are typically elaborate affairs that draw huge crowds. Health officials have now taken on the task of safely burying the bodies of Ebola victims, Saweka said.  

Updated:     Tuesday, 07 August, 2012 at 03:42 UTC

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The infamous Ebola virus, which includes a terrifyingly high rate of death after contraction as well as severe symptoms such as fever, bleeding and diarrhea, has broken out in Uganda over the last few weeks. CNN notes that at least 16 people have already died in the African nation since this newest outbreak started. While health officials were quick to start treatment and quarantine procedures as soon as the Ebola outbreak was confirmed, fears of contagion remain high. A prisoner being treated for Ebola escaped from the treatment facility on Friday night, causing panic among authorities. They are unsure if the man, one of five prisoners receiving treatment for the virus, actually contracted Ebola. If so, he has the potential to spread it anywhere in the country. In a surprising statement, Jackson Amune, an official with the Ministry of Health said this: Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry. So right now, we have resolved that the remaining prisoners will be cuffed on the beds for fear that they might also escape. Possible cases of the virus have spread quickly throughout the original rural, western district of Kibaale, where the Ebola outbreak was first unearthed. There are as many as 312 suspected cases and 53 confirmed cases. The illness is transmitted through direct human contact with bodily fluids. Health officials are trying to limit travel between areas and have been disseminating masks and gloves to reduce the likelihood of infection. Health officials have seen some encouraging signs from 32 of the cases currently being treated in isolation.

The virus normally has a mortality rate around 70 percent, but a large number of current cases are showing signs of improvement. Health officer Dan Kyamanywa told Reuters: There are signs of optimism because a big number of the 32 patients we have in isolation are recovering. In fact 9 of the 32 are doing very well and if they keep their current recovery momentum we might discharge them soon. It took officials a while to confirm that this current outbreak was Ebola since many of the victims had symptoms that were atypical of the virus. The delay allowed the outbreak to spread away from the original village where a family was hit by the outbreak, accounting for a majority of the original cases, according to Z6Mag. Some officials were worried that Ebola had spread to Kenya where two suspected cases had been tested. Those test results came back negative, giving officials hope that the current epidemic will remain in the single district of Kibaale, although the number of suspected cases is expected to increase for awhile yet. Ebola was originally discovered in 1976 and was named after the Ebola River near where it first appeared. Researchers have found no cure for the virus and have not discovered what causes an outbreak to flare up. Officials and citizens in the Kibaale district are on edge. Many patients in a nearby hospital fled quickly once the Ebola outbreak was confirmed on July 28. Officials from the World Health Organization told CNN that the outbreak is currently well under control and should not threaten further regions, despite the recent escape.

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