Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo Has Now Spread to the Country’s Seventh Province, Officials Say
Authorities say 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths have been reported as insecurity, displacement and a health workers' strike hinder containment.
- On Friday, local authorities confirmed the Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to a seventh province, Sud-Ubangi, with laboratory tests identifying the Bundibugyo virus as the cause.
- The World Health Organization warns the current crisis is out of control and on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people, fueled by insecurity and health worker strikes.
- As of Wednesday, government figures report 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths; while cases have declined in the Ituri province epicenter, infections have risen sharply in North Kivu and Haut-Uele.
- Sud-Ubangi Governor Jean-Rene Galekwa Vundawe confirmed the findings in a statement released Thursday, with local media outlets reporting the update on Friday.
- Displaced residents at various sites face particularly precarious conditions, complicating containment efforts as intense population movements exacerbate the fastest-growing outbreak on record.
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The most deadly Ebola epidemic in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to a seventh province in the country, bordering the Central African Republic and the Congo-Brazzaville, where the authorities say they fear a wider spread.
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ledauphine.comThe most deadly Ebola epidemic in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to a seventh province in the country, bordering the Central African Republic and the Congo-Brazzaville.
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Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country’s seventh province, officials say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to seven provinces in the country, local authorities said. It's the fastest-growing outbreak on record. The governor of the northwestern province of Sud-Ubangi, Jea...
Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country's s
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the world’s fastest-growing outbreak on record, has now spread to seven provinces in the African country, local authorities said. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down.
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