UN Says Ebola Epidemic Still Huge and Growing
The outbreak has sickened 7,258 people and killed 3,510, while U.N. officials say cases are still rising in some areas.
- Health officials said on Tuesday that efforts to curb Ebola in eastern Congo are showing results, though they stressed the epidemic remains "massive" and will take months to bring under control.
- On Saturday, Congo Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba reported "encouraging signs," noting daily new cases dropped from approximately 120 to around 80 since mid-August, suggesting transmission is slowing.
- Government figures published on Tuesday indicate 7,258 confirmed cases and 3,510 deaths across seven provinces, with 10 of the 62 affected health zones recording no new Ebola cases for more than 22 days.
- Julien Harneis, the U.N. special Ebola coordinator, told a Geneva press briefing that despite progress, "in other areas, we continue to see growth in cases," calling it a "deadly and a massive epidemic."
- World Health Organization official Olivier le Polain cautioned it is "too early to confidently say we have passed a peak," noting this outbreak is the second most lethal on record behind only the West Africa epidemic.
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UN warns DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak still ‘massive’ – and will take months to fight
The number of new cases reported each day has fallen from about 120 at the height of the outbreak in mid-August to around 80, but the UN says it is too early to say it has peaked
Ebola victims' burial team in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere UN authorities said on Tuesday (15) that efforts to contain Ebola in eastern Congo were beginning to yield results, but highlighted that the epidemic continues to be massive, and that it will take months to control it. It continues to be a deadly and large epidemic. There are some areas where progress is being observed, but in other areas, we contin…
Two United Nations officials confirmed today that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo remains "widespread" and that it will take several months to fully control it, although efforts to contain it are beginning to bear fruit.
UN sees some progress in Congo Ebola fight, but too early to call peak
UN officials said on Tuesday that efforts to curb Ebola in eastern Congo were beginning to show results but stressed that the epidemic remained “massive” and would take months to bring under control. “It remains a deadly and a massive epidemic. There are some areas of progress, but nonetheless, in other areas, we continue to […]
<p>The UN has noticed progress in the fight against Ebola in Congo, but it is too early to talk about the peak of the epidemic The UN reports progress in the fight against Ebola in eastern Congo. WHO warns that it will take months to control the epidemic</p>.
The Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is progressing "exponentially" in North Kivu, while there are signs of improvement in other provinces, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
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