Ebola Spreading Into New Areas in Northeast DR Congo: WHO
WHO says 676 confirmed cases and 136 deaths show the outbreak is moving beyond travel-linked spread as response measures lag.
- On Friday, the World Health Organization warned that Ebola is spreading into new areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with officials reporting local community transmission in newly affected health zones across three provinces.
- The United Nations refugee agency confirmed the first Ebola-related deaths in the crowded Kpangba camp in Ituri province on Thursday, a site hosting 30,000 internally displaced people vulnerable to rapid transmission.
- WHO official Olivier le Polain reported 689 confirmed cases and 136 deaths as of Friday, while contact tracing improved to just over 70 percent; current isolation bed capacity remains insufficient for the expanding outbreak.
- Neighboring Uganda has confirmed 19 cases and two deaths, raising regional alarm; response efforts are complicated because no approved vaccines or treatments exist for the rare Bundibugyo strain.
- Containing the disease in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri remains difficult; decades of conflict displaced over 5 million people, destroyed infrastructure, and fostered widespread mistrust of aid groups that hampers containment.
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The global health agency warned that the disease continues to expand in terms of both the number of infections and the geographical extent.
Ebola has spread into new areas in northeast DR Congo, says WHO
Since the outbreak was declared, there have been 676 confirmed Ebola cases and 136 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (EPA Images pic) GENEVA: The Ebola outbreak is spreading into new areas of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is bigger in scale than hitherto detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday. Much more needs to be done to contain the virus, the WHO said, with isolation bed capacity far be…
Ebola cases rise as outbreak reaches new areas in DRC
The Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading into new areas, the World Health Organization warned Friday. Much more needs to be done to get on top of the virus, the WHO said, with isolation bed capacity far below the anticipated need, based on how it is spreading. Cases continue to rise across affected provinces Since the outbreak was declared on May 15, there have been 676 confirmed Ebola cases, including 136…
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