More pregnant women are dying in Congo as they avoid hospitals over Ebola
Fear of quarantine and attacks on clinics have cut prenatal visits in eastern Congo, where the outbreak has killed at least 1,558 people, WHO said.
- On Saturday, the World Health Organization reported that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the country's largest on record, with 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths as of July 30.
- Initially confined to the Mongbwalu health zone, the virus has spread over two months into 49 health zones across Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo provinces, while conflict and displacement hamper surveillance.
- United Nations Population Fund representative Noemi Dalmonte reports a shadow crisis as pregnant women avoid hospitals, causing maternal deaths to jump from 3.1 to 5.8 weekly; deaths outside health centers rose to 17.4%.
- Fear and rumors drive residents away from care, as "with Ebola, it is stronger because Ebola has a lot of rumors," Dalmonte said; the outbreak has claimed 44 health workers among 151 infections.
- Assessing the risk within the DR Congo as "very high," the World Health Organization called for substantial expansion of surveillance, testing, and community engagement to address the exceptional pace of transmission.
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Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges
Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, marking the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease
The Congolese Government confirmed 3,748 infections in the east of the territory, while the World Health Organization maintains strict surveillance over this health emergency in sub-Saharan Africa.
The World Health Organization (WHO) alerted during the weekend in a statement that the outbreak "is intensifying"
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo crossed a grim threshold over the weekend. The World Health Organization said on Saturday the outbreak reached 3,605 cases, making it the DRC’s largest Ebola outbreak ever. Less than three months in, it is also the fastest-growing outbreak in the history of the virus. For comparison, the country’s second largest Ebola outbreak, from 2018 to 2020, took about 18 months to reach the same number…
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