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        "msgid": "african-officials-agree-to-keep-borders-open-amid-ebola-outbreak-1793354061",
        "date": "2026-10-30 16:19:42",
        "title": "African Officials Agree to Keep Borders Open Amid Ebola Outbreak",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "More than 40 African health ministers have agreed to keep borders open while strengthening cross-border coordination and monitoring as the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak spreads. The outbreak has affected four countries, with more than 10,170 confirmed cases and nearly 5,000 deaths reported since May, placing pressure on health systems across the continent.",
        "content": "<p>Rwanda (ANTARA) \u2013 African health ministers have agreed to keep their\ncountries\u2019 borders open despite the rapid spread of an Ebola outbreak in\nthe region, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and\nPrevention (Africa CDC) head Jean Kaseya on Thursday (29 October).<\/p>\n<p>The announcement followed a high-level virtual meeting convened by\nAfrica CDC to assess the Ebola situation and discuss ways to strengthen\ncross-border coordination.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 African ministers attended the emergency meeting, held\namid the rapid geographical spread of an Ebola outbreak caused by the\nBundibugyo virus variant.<\/p>\n<p>So far, four countries have been affected: the Democratic Republic of\nthe Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting decided that each country should prepare and work\ntogether across borders to prevent the virus from spreading further. It\nhas claimed nearly 5,000 lives since May, mainly in the Democratic\nRepublic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<p>According to Africa CDC, confirmed cases have exceeded 10,170, with a\ncase fatality rate of 48.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stood before more than 40 African ministers and presented what the\ndata shows: so far, we have not won,\u201d Kaseya said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we agreed to prepare every country, coordinate across\nborders and keep those borders open while continuing to monitor the\nsituation closely. Our partners fully support this African plan,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>Kaseya told the ministers that over the past five months, the\noutbreak had grown from a national crisis into a test of health\nresilience across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>He said that although the top priority was to stop Ebola in Africa,\nchallenges included security problems, a complex humanitarian situation\nand funding constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Ugandan Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said his country\u2019s\nexperience showed that transmission could be stopped if countries acted\nearly and decisively.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Uganda free\nof Ebola. The country had reported 20 confirmed cases after the outbreak\nwas declared in May.<\/p>\n<p>Africa CDC has warned that 10 other African countries are \u201cat risk\u201d\nof being affected by the virus following the outbreak in the Democratic\nRepublic of the Congo. They are Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola,\nBurundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo,\nEthiopia, South Sudan and Zambia.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/african-officials-agree-to-keep-borders-open-amid-ebola-outbreak-1793354061",
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