WHO: 321 Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC, 116 More Suspected Cases
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Suspicious cases accounted for all those with Ebola-like symptoms. After verification, many patients were discarded, while confirmed cases rise to 330.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are hundreds fewer suspected Ebola cases than previously thought. Initially, the organization assumed that more than 900 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo likely had Ebola. The WHO has reduced that number to 116, international news agencies report. In addition, there are now 321 confirmed infections in the country, and 48 people have died. The fact that the number of suspected case…
In the East Congo and Uganda, the number of Ebola cases is increasing, but the number of suspected cases has fallen. This can be a bad sign. Uganda's Ministry of Health reported six new cases on Tuesday and thus a total of 15 laboratory-confirmed infections with the life-threatening virus since the outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. So far, one of these patients has died. In the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a…
The World Health Organization has drastically revised its estimates of suspected Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda downwards, from 906 to 116. Meanwhile, the African Union's health agency still reports 1,139 suspected cases of this highly contagious disease. Source link: https://www.france24.com/fr/ebola-oms-baisse-estimations-cas-suspects-maladie-rd-congo-ouganda Author [...]
WHO reports 321 confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo
Geneva, June 2 (SANA) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 321 confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside 116 suspected cases. WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in Geneva that 41 people had died from the outbreak, while six had recovered. In neighboring Uganda, authorities have reported nine confirmed cases and one death linked to t…
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