Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country’s seventh province, officials say
The Bundibugyo strain has infected 7,022 people and killed 3,398, with officials warning of faster spread and strained response capacity.
- On Thursday, the governor of Sud-Ubangi, Jean-Rene Galekwa Vundawe, confirmed the Ebola outbreak has spread to the northwestern province, marking the seventh region affected in Congo.
- This outbreak is the fastest-growing on record, fueled by insecurity and displacement, and The World Health Organization warns it is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people.
- Laboratory tests identified the Bundibugyo virus in samples, and as of Wednesday, government figures report 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths across affected regions.
- While new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri, the outbreak's epicenter, transmission has risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele provinces.
- The situation remains particularly concerning at displacement sites, where residents already live in extremely precarious conditions, complicating containment efforts across Congo.
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The DRC declared in mid-May, with several weeks of delay, its 17th Ebola epidemic, a very deadly disease that has already caused more than 15,000 deaths in Africa over the past 50 years. Originally in Ituri Province (north-east), the current outbreak affects regions of eastern and northern DRC, remote and conflict-affected, where the health response has been overwhelmed by the explosion of cases. This week it spread to a seventh province, Ubangi…
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola spreads to a seventh province, and the numbers continue to rise, but experts also see good news.
Broj potvrđenih slučajeva zaraze ebolom u Demokratskoj Republici Kongo je prešao 7000, pri čemu se virus proširio u još jednu pokrajinu, pokazali su podaci vlade u petak. Epidemija koju je prouzročio soj virusa Bundibugyo postala je najveća i […] Objava Broj zaraza ebolom prešao 7000 u Kongu, a virus se proširio na novu pokrajinu pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the virus spreads to a seventh province, and the numbers continue to rise. Nevertheless, the experts' hope is growing.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has increased to more than 7,000, according to the most recent government review, informs DPA, taken by Agerpres. The current focus, officially declared mid-May, has expanded in the meantime to a seventh province in this country in Central Africa, according to information from the National Health Institute of the Congo. ...
Congo has added a seventh Ebola-stricken province this week: South Ubangi, in the far northwest of the country, more than 1,600 kilometers from the epicenter in Ituri.
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