US EditionCongo declares new Ebola outbreak, 28 suspected cases
Fifteen deaths among 28 suspected Ebola cases mark Congo's 16th outbreak; health teams deploy vaccines and supplies to control virus spread in Kasai Province.
- Congo's health ministry declared a new outbreak of Ebola in the central province of Kasai, marking the country's 16th outbreak since 1976, after a confirmed case and 28 suspected infections were reported.
- Currently, there are 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths linked to the outbreak, including four healthcare workers who had contact with the initial patient, a pregnant woman with severe symptoms.
- Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba reported a case fatality rate of 53.6% and emphasized the ongoing investigation into the situation.
- Ebola is highly contagious, spreading through direct contact with bodily fluids and causing severe illness, as reported by health officials.
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The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared this Thursday a state of epidemic due to an outbreak of Ebola that has already killed at least 16 people, four of them health workers, of almost thirty possible cases in the area of Bulapé, located to the south-west of the country, in the province of Kasai. “I officially announce, on behalf of the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, the resurgence of Ebola v…
A new Ebola outbreak is reported from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A new outbreak of Ebola has been reported by the health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the Ministry of Health, at least sixteen deaths have occurred since the end of August. This new epidemic affects the province of Kasai, in the centre of the country.
The Ebola virus has killed about 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.
Ebola fever is once again calling for life in Central Africa. WHO sends experts and medicines. However, the affected region is far from easily accessible.
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