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Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak Through the Eyes of Canadian Aid Workers
Health officials say the rare Bundiyugyo strain has caused more than 4,300 cases and 2,000 deaths, while contact tracing remains below target.
- The Ebola epidemic has spread to a sixth province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities confirmed on Saturday, three months after the official outbreak declaration in May.
- Driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus with no approved vaccine or treatment, the outbreak actually began in February, though authorities only officially declared it in May.
- The World Health Organization reports more than 4,300 cases and 2,000 deaths, though contact-tracing efforts currently reach only 80% when 95% is needed to break transmission chains.
- Emergency preparations at Cinquantenaire Hospital include isolation beds, yet civil society leaders warn that current capacity remains insufficient for worst-case scenarios requiring several thousand beds.
- The WHO expects the crisis to peak in six months and projects it could surpass the 2014–2016 West African outbreak's scale, though no viral mutations have been observed so far.
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Bundibugyo virus outbreak worsens in DRC, cases reach 4,665
The statement said that the outbreak, now the largest Ebola outbreak reported in the country, has expanded from Mongbwalu health zone to 54 health zones across six provinces. The post Bundibugyo virus outbreak worsens in DRC, cases reach 4,665 – WHO appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak through the eyes of Canadian aid workers
TORONTO — Little pink coffins are sold on the roadside in Bunia, a northeastern city in the Congo, prepared for children who will die of Ebola. Meghan Thumath, a registered nurse and public health delegate with the Canadian Red Cross, said coffin selle...
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