Congo will open 3 Ebola treatment centers as a rare strain spreads in Ituri
The rare Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment, and health officials say at least 59 patients are being cared for.
- On Sunday, Congolese Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba announced the opening of three treatment centers in the Ituri region to expand healthcare capabilities amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
- Health authorities confirmed the outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rare variant with no approved therapeutics or vaccines, marking the third detection in Congo and Uganda since 2007.
- The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Sunday following more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths, with 35 experts and 7 tons of supplies arriving in Bunia.
- Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, told Sky News on Sunday he is in "panic mode" due to shortages of medicines and vaccines to support countries.
- Authorities are pursuing candidate vaccines and medicines, hoping to develop solutions soon; history reminds officials of the 2012 Isiro crisis in Congo, which resulted in 29 deaths from a previous Bundibugyo outbreak.
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According to the authorities, more than 300 suspected infections have now been confirmed in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.
The DR Congo will open three Ebola treatment centers in the eastern province of Ituri, and the World Health Organization will send a team of experts to the country following an outbreak of a rare type of virus that has killed more than 130 people, according to the BBC. An American doctor in the Congo is among the new confirmed cases of the virus, for which there are no approved vaccines or medications, the Congolese authorities reported Monday, …
Congo opens more treatment centres after rare Ebola strain kills 120
Kinshasa: Congo will open three Ebola treatment centres in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organisation is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak of a rare type of the virus that has killed nearly 120 people. An American doctor in Congo is among the newly confirmed cases of the virus with no approved vaccines or medicines, Congolese officials said Monday, May 18 as details emerged about the government’s …
Rare Type of Ebola in Congo Has Killed Nearly 120 People
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Congo opens more centers to treat rare type of Ebola that has killed more than 110
Congo will open three treatment centers for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak that has killed more than 110 people. An…
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