{"id":3326,"date":"2026-05-20T06:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:02:08","slug":"puntland-ministry-of-health-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/puntland-ministry-of-health-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNTLAND MINISTRY OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT ON EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Puntland Ministry of Health is issuing a public health alert following reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the Ebola outbreak reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>WHO has stated that the Ebola outbreak requires increased public health awareness and preparedness to prevent further spread of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry clarifies that this notice is for public awareness and preparedness purposes only. There are currently no reported Ebola cases in Puntland or Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common symptoms of Ebola may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High fever<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Severe headache<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fatigue and muscle pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vomiting and diarrhea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bleeding in severe cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is advised to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maintain proper hand hygiene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid contact with suspected infected individuals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immediately report any suspected Ebola symptoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Puntland Ministry of Health continues to closely monitor the situation in coordination with WHO and health partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT ON EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE The Puntland Ministry of Health is issuing a public health alert following reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the Ebola outbreak reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3328,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions\/3328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moh.pl.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}