MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES NAMIBIA, PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE STATUS OF EBOLA PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPACITY 

12 August 2014

 

There is no Ebola in Namibia. Indeed there is no Ebola in the SADC Region.

Ebola is a severe acute viral illness, usually with sudden onset. It is a zoonotic disease. Currently the disease is reported in West Africa– Guinea, Liberia,Sierra Leone and recently Nigeria.

There are eleven thousand, seven hundred and eleven (11711)suspectedcases and one thousand and seventy (1070) have beenconfirmed as Ebola and nine hundred and thirty two (932) deaths are reported.

About fifty (50)Health Care workers have been infected, with eighty (80) deaths. Most cases are reported from Guinea.  click here....to read the full text