{"id":909571,"date":"2026-05-31T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/calls-for-calm-amid-latest-ebola-outbreak-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:12:26","slug":"calls-for-calm-amid-latest-ebola-outbreak-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/calls-for-calm-amid-latest-ebola-outbreak-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for calm amid latest Ebola outbreak in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMedical professionals are reassuring people that Hong Kong does not need to be overly concerned about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe outbreak in central Africa has claimed over 80 lives, with the World Health Organisation declaring it a public health emergency of international concern. <\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, family doctor Lam Wing-wo said the risk of an Ebola infection in Hong Kong remains low.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe Centre of Health Protection has informed all doctors to be vigilant against people [who might] get infected from travelling to these places,\u201d he told RTHK. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAnd so it advised us to be cautious about people returning within 21 days from these areas about their symptoms of suspected Ebola infection, such as fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, general aching and rashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nLam stressed these symptoms are quite nonspecific and shared with various kinds of respiratory virus infections, such as influenza, adding that it\u2019s vital to keep track of travel history to highlight high-risk individuals. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe also noted that Ebola patients are not contagious during the incubation period, saying that makes the outbreak less of a concern. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe SAR government on Sunday activated the \u201calert\u201d response level \u2013 the lowest of a three-tier mechanism \u2013 to guard against imported cases. <\/p>\n<p>\nKevin To, who chairs the University of Hong Kong&#8217;s School of Clinical Medicine Department of Microbiology, said he believes that such a move is sufficient and appropriate at this stage. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe urged people who recently travelled to the epidemic areas to stay vigilant. <\/p>\n<p>\nIf they experience discomfort, they should seek immediate medical help and inform medical staff where they have visited, he added.<\/p>\n<p><span my=\"my\"><i>Edited by Tony Sabine<\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Margarete Wiers <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.rthk.hk\/rthk\/en\/component\/k2\/1855098-20260518.htm\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical professionals are reassuring people that Hong Kong does not need to be overly concerned about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The outbreak in central Africa has claimed over 80 lives, with the World Health Organisation declaring it a public health emergency of international concern. However, family doctor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":909572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,518],"tags":[5691,5215],"class_list":["post-909571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calls","category-latest","tag-calls","tag-latest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}