New Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DR Congo Kills At Least 65
Health officials reported 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths, while preliminary tests detected Ebola in 13 of 20 samples.
- 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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African health officials say there is a new outbreak of the Ebola disease in the Central African country of Congo, with at least 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths. The severe hemorrhagic disease that is often fatal was first identified…
The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is once again confronted with the Ebola virus. In a statement issued on Friday 15 May by the main health agency in Africa that BBC News Africa was able to consult, the agency announced that a new epidemic had been reported in the province of Ituri. At this stage, 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths were recorded in this eastern part of the country, four of which were among laboratory confirm…
To date, 246 suspected cases, including 65 deaths, have been reported, and the authorities report a "high risk of spread".
Africa's top public health agency confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province, the 17th since the disease first appeared in the country in 1976.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa faces a new health emergency after at least 65 deaths related to an Ebola outbreak were confirmed in Ituri province, in the north-east of the country, a region that had already been affected by previous epidemics.The health authorities also report 246 suspected cases, mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara areas, according to a communiqué from the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Afri…
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