Congo's Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread
Nearly half of confirmed cases have been fatal as responders face conflict, strikes and violence that are slowing efforts to contain the outbreak.
- On Tuesday, Congo Ministry of Health reported 10,000 confirmed Ebola cases, with nearly half of the 10,060 infected people having died.
- The disease has spread to 66 health zones across eight provinces, with 80% of new cases emerging outside monitored contacts, complicating response efforts.
- Saturday's attack in Bafwasende, Tshopo killed a nurse, and responders in Nia Nia, Ituri went on strike last week over unpaid bonuses owed since late August.
- Essential healthcare services are suffering as maternal mortality has doubled in some provinces, and the outbreak has interrupted routine childhood vaccinations.
- Compared to the West Africa Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016, this crisis has seen three times the cases; Africa CDC states 95% of cases must come from known contacts to ensure control.
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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the virus is spreading rapidly. What is currently urgently needed for containment.
The Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 10,000 people have been ill there so far. In the meantime, the development of therapy procedures and vaccines is still under way.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow spread in African countries
Nearly half of the 10,060 confirmed cases have died, making this the deadliest and fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, with health workers in Congo attacked and striking over unpaid wages
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached an even greater extent and more than 10,000 infections have now been registered. A patient in Nigeria has been flown out to Switzerland.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = It has been confirmed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has exceeded 10,000, 165 days after the declaration of the Ebola outbreak...
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