The guidance identifies the main actions for contact monitoring depending on the level of exposure to an Ebola infection
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When should a medical air evacuation of an Ebola patient be considered? What are the risks both for the patient and the accompanying medical staff and airplane crew? The ECDC technical document Assessing and planning of medical air-evacuations flights to Europe by air to Europe for patients with... more
The latest assessment includes additional details regarding risk of onward transmission in the EU, the evolution of infectiousness during the course of the disease, more detailed options for risk reduction in healthcare settings and an update of the global number of cases.
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There have now been 8 397 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), including more than 4 000 deaths, which have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria). Given the first case diagnosed outside the region and secondary... more
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report is a weekly bulletin intended for epidemiologists and health professionals in the area of communicable disease prevention and control. This issue covers the period from 5 to 11 October 2014
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ECDC publishes a technical report reviewing the existing evidence on entry and exit screening in order to support decision making by EU public health authorities
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Following the first confirmed case of Ebola transmission outside of West Africa, ECDC is updating its risk assessment on the on-going outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
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