Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges
Nearly 80% of new cases are from community spread as WHO monitors more than 17,000 potential contacts and tests vaccines and treatments.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo's rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak has killed 1,707 people out of 3,802 recorded cases, making it the second-largest and fastest-growing epidemic on record.
- Caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, the outbreak is concentrated in the eastern Ituri province, accounting for nearly 90 per cent of cases, though violence and funding shortages hamper response efforts.
- Monitoring over 17,000 potential contacts, the World Health Organization reported that nearly 80 per cent are followed daily, while more than 100 healthcare workers have been infected amid community spread.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Kinshasa today before visiting Bunia later this week, as healthcare workers in Mongbwalu issued an ultimatum on Monday over unpaid wages.
- Trials for experimental treatments and vaccines are advancing at unprecedented speed, with WHO official Vasee Moorthy stating "Its true that the preclinical data that were seeing is promising," though only clinical trials will determine effectiveness.
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DR Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed 1,707 people since May. With no approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, the WHO is accelerating trials as Ituri's cases climb. The post DR Congo Ebola Outbreak: 1,707 Dead as WHO Races to Trial Vaccines appeared first on The Rio Times.
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