WHO Says DRC Ebola Outbreak 'Outpacing Us'
Health officials said 904 suspected cases and 101 confirmed infections have been reported, while violence and insecurity are slowing contact tracing.
- On Monday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that more than 900 suspected Ebola cases, including 101 confirmed infections, have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 220 suspected deaths as violence forces health workers to flee.
- The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID last year eliminated laboratory networks and disease surveillance programmes, while UK aid spending fell from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income, weakening outbreak detection capacity.
- Local health officials did not identify the rare Bundibugyo virus strain until three weeks after the first suspected case, with Congolese labs failing to properly test blood samples due to equipment shortages linked to funding cuts that weakened medical stockpiles.
- At least 25 Ebola patients fled treatment facilities after residents attacked and burned isolation tents demanding body releases for burial, while WHO Africa's Marie Roseline Belizaire said misinformation on social media is slowing case investigations and limiting healthcare access.
- Former UK Africa minister Rory Stewart called the outbreak a 'canary in the coal mine,' warning that aid cuts by Trump and the UK posed 'very strong' risks to disease control, as research suggests 14 million more people may die globally if cuts persist through 2030.
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Jean-Jacques Muyembe, who survived the virus he co-discovered in 1976, ensures that public health measures are sufficient to stop the Bundibugyo strain, with more than 900 cases in RDCongo.
The disease caused by the Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with over 900 suspected cases of the Bundibudjo Ebovalrus having been detected, 220 of which were fatally reported by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adan Gebreyesus, and so far only 20 per cent of those who might have been infected with the virus (1,745) have been identified; borders with neighbouring States have been…
Deadly Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak in Congo Becomes Third Largest in History
According to the United Nations, the Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has lasted only a few weeks, yet the total number of infections has already become the third largest Ebola outbreak in history. To date, World Health Organization (WHO) statistics report more than 900 suspected cases and […]
For the second time in a short period, a medical post in the Ebola-stricken east of Congo has been attacked, while the number of infections continues to rise. More than nine hundred suspected cases and over two hundred deaths have now been reported. At the same time, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns that the fight against the virus is lagging behind the outbreak: the virus is one step ahead of us.
MichaelSavage.com – W.H.O. Chief Tedros Realizes Worst Fears: Ebola ‘Outpacing’ Response Efforts
The worst fears of World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have been realized. The career Ethiopian bureaucrat confirmed late Monday the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts in Africa and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at…
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