New Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DR Congo Kills At Least 65
- On Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's remote Ituri province, with about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.
- Ebola, first identified in 1976, is a highly contagious disease spreading through bodily fluids; this latest outbreak emerges roughly five months after Congo's previous Ebola crisis ended with 43 deaths.
- Preliminary tests at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Kinshasa detected the virus in 13 of 20 samples analyzed, with cases concentrated in Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones and additional suspected cases in Bunia.
- Africa CDC is convening a meeting with the Democratic Republic, Uganda, South Sudan, and international partners to coordinate response efforts and cross-border surveillance, with four laboratory-confirmed deaths reported.
- The virus's historical severity is stark: the Democratic Republic's deadliest outbreak killed nearly 2,300 people between 2018 and 2020, while around 50,000 have died from Ebola across African countries over the past 50 years.
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"With this strain, the lethality rate is very important, it can go up to 50%," stressed the Congolese Minister of Health.
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is suspected on Saturday of already causing 80 deaths, in the vast Central African country with more than 100 million inhabitants, and another in neighbouring Uganda. ...
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is suspected on Saturday that it is already responsible for 80 deaths in the vast Central African country with more than 100 million inhabitants.
According to initial investigations, in many cases it appears to involve the rare Bundibugyo variant. There is no approved vaccine for that variant yet.
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