UPDATED July 1 -- As We Await An "All Clear" Ebola Declaration In DRC, Africa, In The Next Few Weeks...

Re-upping and updating now what we know. . . since about June 2, 2018, no new deaths have been reported, and no new confirmed cases of Ebola in Mbandaka, the riverport city of over one million souls.

That's all good news -- with almost all contacts of contacts now vaccinated, with Merck's experimental ZEBOV candidate but probably another 1,000 to 2,000 are yet to be vaccinated -- as contacts of contacts. From the World Health Organization's latest situation report, then:

. . . .UPDATED July 1, 2018: Since the launch of the vaccination exercise on 21 May 2018, a total of 3,268 people have been vaccinated in Iboko (1,518) Wangata (843), Bikoro (779), Ingende (107), and Kinshasa (21), as of 23 June 2018. . . . [End update.]

On 28 May 2018, the Minister of Health launched the ring EVD vaccination exercise in Bikoro and Iboko Health Zones. Since the launch of the vaccination exercise on 21 May 2018, a total of 426 people have been vaccinated. The targets for belt vaccination are front-line health professionals, people who have been exposed to confirmed EVD cases and contacts of these contacts. . . .

Now you know -- but this may be my last post here, for a few weeks -- I have other priorities (related to pro-bono Chicago immigration / asylum cases, and 2018 mid-term politics). See my other properties. Travel well; travel light. . . smile often.

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