Congo-Kinshasa: Lives At Risk in DR Congo As Ebola Outbreak Continues to Outpace Response
WHO said treatment and testing have expanded rapidly, but 1,094 confirmed cases and 277 deaths show the outbreak is still outpacing response efforts.
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed 1,094 cases and 277 deaths from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that "the outbreak is continuing to move fast."
- Major obstacles persist, including insufficient contact tracing and security incidents, though treatment capacity has grown to more than 500 beds across 19 health centres in just over a month.
- Nearly 80 health workers have been infected during the outbreak, and an aid worker with the NGO ALIMA tested positive in France on Wednesday after caring for patients in the DRC.
- The World Health Organization and partners are launching a clinical trial next week in the DRC to test whether MBP134 and remdesivir can reduce mortality from Bundibugyo virus disease.
- Tedros stressed that political action is urgently needed to improve humanitarian access, though neighbouring Uganda has reported 20 confirmed cases and two deaths, and WHO maintains the overall global risk remains low.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Lives At Risk in DR Congo As Ebola Outbreak Continues to Outpace Response
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread faster than aid efforts can keep pace, despite significant gains in treatment capacity and growing community engagement, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today that despite good progress, the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda continues to outpace response capacity.
Congo Ebola outbreak outpacing response
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to spread faster than response efforts can contain it, while frontline health workers face serious security threats as they battle the disease in some of the country's most volatile regions. The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has infected more than 1,000 people in Congo and a further 20 in neighbourin…
The World Health Organization has today charted the balance of three health emergencies that stand out in different parts of the world. In this morning's press briefing, General Manager Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus updated the international community on the Ebola epidemic underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the hangavirus epidemic that had hit a cruise ship, and on the extreme heat wave that is investing the northern hemisphere. The p…
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