A Hundred Days In, Congo's Ebola Outbreak Is Still Getting Bigger
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A Hundred Days In, Congo's Ebola Outbreak Is Still Getting Bigger
The Bundibugyo outbreak has reached 5,656 confirmed cases and 2,715 deaths, and is now spreading through 58 of the country's health zones. The post A Hundred Days In, Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Still Getting Bigger appeared first on The Rio Times.
The outbreak of Ebola from Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to represent a serious health emergency. According to the latest available data, updated on 23 August, 5,584 confirmed cases and 2,680 deaths, with a raw lethality close to 48%. In the last week 563 new cases and 302 deaths have been reported, while the epidemic now affects six provinces and 57 health areas. Among the infected people there are also 158 heal…
Insufficient contact and lack of treatment centres in some locations continue to make it difficult to respond to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRCongo), the Congolese authorities warned.
After more than a hundred days the epidemic in the east of the RDC does not mention slowing down. And some scientific studies had already predicted the reappearance of the virus in this degraded area Read
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