#4 WHO numbers through 5/17 show 29 new cases in the last 14 days, meaning the rate of new cases has actually slowed, from about 5 a day to about 2 a day. I'll update my Marburg site tomorrow but the WHO report is here.
Support from religious and community leaders has also allowed the work of mobile surveillance teams to run more smoothly, increasing the efficiency of case finding and contact tracing. However, some new cases continue to be linked to exposure in homes and at funerals, indicating that public understanding of the disease still needs to be improved.
As transmission of the virus requires close personal contact with an ill or recently deceased patient, the risk to international travellers to Angola is considered to be very low. WHO does not recommend any restrictions on travel or trade to or from Angola.
If WHO is doctoring the numbers. well... I don't believe it. And the spread has never been exponential, it's been a basic straight line with under a 45 degree angle. |