Eye on Africa - Encouraging Signs in DR Congo Ebola Fight
- The World Health Organization reported that Ebola transmission was declining in the hardest-hit areas of Ituri Province.
- South Kivu reported no new Ebola cases since May, while Jean-Jacques Muyembe and WHO officials warned that North Kivu’s epidemic curve was still rising.
- WHO officials said the outbreak remained fragile, with cases increasing in some areas and progress potentially followed by renewed flare-ups.
- A DRC government report recorded 7,258 confirmed cases and 3,510 deaths across seven provinces as of September 13.
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Eye on Africa - Encouraging signs in DR Congo Ebola fight
In tonight's edition: there are signs of a welcome slowdown in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak. Also, about 20,000 Ethiopian university students in the northern region of Tigray will be relocated to other…
"We are beginning to see encouraging signs that we are taking the lead in the fight against the Ebola epidemic," quoted by his television channel Africanews. "The testing of treatment methods and the prevention of re-infection for those who have already recovered are gaining momentum. The vaccine test should begin in the coming weeks. But bear in mind: the epidemic continues to spread and kill."
Four months after the start of the epidemic, Ebola cases are slowing in some areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
DR Congo Ebola cases top 7,400 as transmission shifts
Digital Desk | Kinshasa, Sep 17 (IANS) The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing a shifting pattern, with transmission easing in the long-time epicentre of Ituri but rising rapidly in North Kivu, where treatment capacity is nearing saturation, according to the latest government situation report released on Thursday. As of Tuesday, the country had reported 7,404 confirmed cases, including 3,577 deaths, with an …
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