April 23, 2021: How vaccines bring us closer
April 23, 2021
In Guinea, new cases of Ebola virus disease were reported in early April. CDC continues to support Guinea’s response to contain the spread of the virus and bring the outbreak to an end. An Ebola outbreak can be declared over when 42 days with no new cases pass after the last survivor tests negative and is discharged from an Ebola treatment unit. Learn more
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the last case of Ebola was confirmed on March 1, 2021. The 42-day countdown to the end of the outbreak began on March 22, following the last patient testing negative and being released from the treatment unit. Learn more
CDC has Ebola Communication and Awareness Resources for healthcare workers and communities.
CDC works with partners around the world to respond to the pandemic. As part of these efforts, CDC is working to expand the capacity to detect and respond to newly identified variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Find updated CDC resources for the global health community.
- Improve How Your Mask Protects You
- Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
- International Travel during COVID-19
- Engaging Community Health Workers to Support Home-based Care for People with COVID-19
- COVID-19 for Global Faith and Community Leaders
- Maintaining Essential Services for Malaria in Low-Resource Countries
- Global Clinical Mitigation
April 21: How COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases
Nature
April 16: Continuing to Fight, 10 Years and 12 Outbreak Responses Later
CDC Our Global Voices Blog
April 11: The Truth About Vaccines
CNN Special Report
April 9: “Together We Can Survive”
CDC Our Global Voices Blog
April 2: “The Human Element”
CDC Our Global Voices Blog
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