How Did Ebola Outbreaks Spread Across DRC?
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More than 80 people have died in a new unusual variant of the Ebola virus in Congo-Kinshasa. Infection control authorities warn of "active and community spread" and there is also concern that the virus will mutate. - This variant has a very high mortality rate, up to 50 percent, says Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba, according to France 24.
How did Ebola outbreaks spread across DRC?
Africa’s top public health body and WHO linked updates describe a rapidly evolving Ebola situation in eastern DRC, with ongoing efforts aimed at containing transmission in areas such as Ituri province. The coverage indicates that the outbreak has been confirmed in remote parts of Congo and that…
"The mortality rate with this strain is very high, it can reach 50 percent," Kamba stressed, according to Figaro.
The Ebola virus strain, at the origin of the ongoing epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has "a very high lethality rate" and there is no vaccine or specific treatment to counter this variant, said the Congolese Minister of Health on Saturday. "The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine and has no specific treatment," stressed Samuel-Roger Kamba at a press conference in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, adding that "with this strain,…
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