Anti-Ebola in Congo after the "suspects" were negative

BRAZZAVILLE - A system of "retaliation" against Ebola has been deployed in the north-west of Congo after the discovery of five cases of suspected viral haemorrhagic fever but were negative, told AFP Monday Health concordant sources.

Three deaths were recorded among these "five suspected cases of acute haemorrhagic fever" identified in the village of Mokouangonda in the district Mokéko (Sangha region, north-west), according to a statement released last week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was confirmed to AFP by the Director of Health of the Congo, Prof Alexis Elira Dokekias.

The deceased had nosebleeds, bloody diarrhea, cough and fever - symptoms of acute haemorrhagic fever - but the samples taken indicated he was not Ebola, according to Professor Elira Dokekias. The International Centre for Medical Research (CIRMF), Gabon, who examined the samples, also told AFP they had been "negative".

"There is no clinical feature of Ebola. We took all measures of response as if it is Ebola, because it happens close to the Odzala National Park" where cases Ebola have been recorded in the past but also in gorillas, in 2003, humans with death, "said Professor Elira Dokekias.