Congo bans gatherings in Kinshasa and three provinces over Ebola outbreak
The order targets Kinshasa, Tshopo, Haut-Uele and Bas-Uele as the outbreak tops 1,100 cases and 291 deaths, officials said.
- The DRC reported 1,274 confirmed Ebola cases and 360 deaths as of late yesterday, while the Africa Centres For Disease Control warns that nearly 300 infected individuals remain unaccounted for.
- This 17th outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebola strain is the worst on record, surpassing the 193 total cases seen in all previous outbreaks since the virus was identified in Uganda in 2007.
- Health authorities reported 148 recoveries on Thursday, nearly doubling the 80 reported on June 18, even as treatment centers admit dozens of patients daily and children account for over 25 percent of deaths.
- Ongoing conflict in eastern Congo leaves more than a million people inaccessible to health workers, while the World Health Organization projects over 8,000 cases and 1,400 deaths by mid-September with a 70 percent chance of spreading to South Sudan.
- Under worst-case scenarios, the WHO warns cases could exceed 60,000 by September, while the virus has already reached Uganda and France, demonstrating the need for international containment efforts in the DRC.
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Mwanzo TVEbola outbreak in DR Congo spreads to fourth province
The epidemic has claimed 360 lives out of 1,274 confirmed cases, according to figures from the World Health Organization. (EPA Images pic) KINSHASA: A deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a fourth province, meaning the country’s entire northeast — home to around 15 million people — is now affected. The epidemic has claimed 360 lives out of 1,274 confirmed cases, according to figures from the World Health Organi…
The health measure applies to the capital, Kinsasa, and three strategic provinces in the face of the risk of epidemiological expansion.
DR Congo Ebola Cases Pass 1,200 with 360 Deaths
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported on Sunday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the current outbreak has reached 1,274, with 360 fatalities. The post DR Congo Ebola Cases Pass 1,200 with 360 Deaths appeared first on Breitbart.
The Ebola epidemic, which has so far caused 360 deaths out of 1,274 infected people, has spread in the fourth province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the entire northeastern part of this African country, where approximately 15 million people live, being affected from now on, informs AFP months, taken by Agerpres.
So far, only three Congolese provinces have been affected.
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