US EditionEbola Outbreak in Congo Is over, Health Minister Says
DRC ended its Ebola outbreak after vaccinating over 27,000 people and using enhanced surveillance; 45 deaths occurred among 64 cases, health ministry said.
- On Monday, the Democratic Republic of Congo formally declared the most recent Ebola outbreak over, reporting it killed at least 34 people since August, Health Minister Roger Kamba announced in Kinshasa.
- A revamped national surveillance system enabled authorities to contain transmission rapidly, with more than 27,000 vaccinated, including 4,000 frontline workers, and the ICG shipped 45,000 extra doses.
- The outbreak began in Bulape health zone, Kasai province and was declared on 4 September, with 53 confirmed cases and no new cases after 25 September; the last patient left care on 19 October.
- The declaration validates enhanced surveillance and containment efforts, but the DRC still faces cholera, mpox outbreaks and insecurity from the M23 rebel group complicating responses.
- Kasai's seventh Ebola outbreak, the first in 18 years, was traced to an August 20 hospital admission, highlighting ongoing logistical challenges from past epidemics and WHO/ICG issues.
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Congo, along with the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the end of the Ebola epidemic that broke out in the Congolese province of Kasai in early September on Monday. Of the total number of 64 cases, 45 people have died and 19 others have recovered, the Congolese health ministry said. Health officials in Congo have not recorded any new cases in the past 42 days, Reuters reported.
Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak that killed 45
The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday declared an end to a deadly Ebola virus outbreak that began in the country’s Kasai province in early September.The outbreak was declared over 42 days after the last patient was discharged from a treatment center on Oct. 19 — the maximum length of two incubation periods for Ebola virus.
The World Health Organization has declared the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to be over.
Six weeks have passed since the last Ebola patient was released in Congo. Now the outbreak of the virus has survived, the authorities and the World Health Organization report.
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Ebola outbreak in Congo is over, health minister says
The recent Ebola outbreak in Congo has been declared over by health officials. The Congolese Minister for Health Roger Kamba said Monday in the outbreak resulted in 53 confirmed cases, 43 deaths, and 11 probable cases.
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