Ebola: outbreak, Canadian/other response (merged)

[Staff Weenie]

Necrothread (no pun intended) bumped with the latest round ....

Canadian aid workers heading to Congo as part of Ebola outbreak response

Canadian aid workers are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where hundreds of people have likely been infected with a rare and deadly type of Ebola.

www.ctvnews.ca

Ontario tests possible Ebola case after East Africa travel, no confirmations | Globalnews.ca

Ontario says it is testing a patient for Ebola following recent travel to East Africa, but no cases are confirmed and precautions are in place.

globalnews.ca

And if you're interested in tracking the Ebola thing writ large ....

• EC health news aggregator: Ebola
• DR Congo: Ebola Outbreak - May 2026 (ReliefWeb)
• WHO on Ebola

And...... the Canadian-developed vaccine is apparently not effective on this variant.

 

[brihard]

Looks like this one flew under the radar for quite a while and the world’s playing catch up on an already very large outbreak that’s made it to a few cities… No bueno.

Arguably a ‘good’ thing about Ebola is it burns so hot and fast that it scares the shit out of populations and they generally play ball… Precautions work and are taken seriously by those with awareness. But it’s an agonizing way to go, and the case fatality ration for this strain is something like 40%. Bad news bears.

 

[lenaitch]

US-bound Air France flight diverted to Montreal.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/air-france-ebola-montreal-9.7206753

Apparently an asymptomatic passenger was from a country currently banned by the US.

I heard a passenger interviewed on the radio who said they wouldn't say why they were diverting but all of a sudden the crew were wearing masks. 'Nothing to see here - everything's fine.'