DRC Ebola Outbreak Shows No Signs of Slowing as Deaths Top 3,000
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DRC Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
Forecast models give 50% chance of epidemic reaching 50,000 cases, double the number of cases in the 2014 West Africa epidemic. The latest data shows that the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is starting to slow down at the epicenter of the outbreak, but the infection is spreading to more and more areas, according to forecast models. The daily number of new cases in the DRC was on a downward trend in late August, but more…
Noticias de Navarra
The number of confirmed cases due to the Ebola outbreak declared in mid-May in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has already exceeded the 6,300-case barrier, with about one hundred on the last day, as confirmed by the authorities, which have also raised the number of deaths due to the virus to about 3,100.
Ituri province remains the epicentre of the most deadly outbreak in the history of the country, which already has a lethality rate of 48.4 per cent and threatens to overcome the great epidemic recorded in West Africa.
The story of an epidemic, especially if geographically distant, often passes only by numbers. Those concerning the Ebola epidemic, officially declared an emergency of public health of international importance by the World Health Organization in mid-May 2026, are important. In fact, 6,041 cases and more than 2,911 deaths have been confirmed in six provinces (data updated to 26 August) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Rdc). It is the largest E…
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