Congo's Ebola outbreak has most cases in first month of any African outbreak, WHO says
WHO says the response is expanding as more than 500 beds and over 2,000 daily tests are added to contain the outbreak.
- On Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo reached 1,048 confirmed cases and 267 deaths, marking the largest case toll in the first month of any African Ebola outbreak.
- Dr. Abdirahman Mahamud, Director of Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations at WHO, explained the Bundibugyo virus strain caused 250 deaths in 37 days, compared to 78 days during the 2014 and 2016 West Africa outbreak.
- Surveillance has been scaled up, with laboratory capacity rising from 30 tests daily in Kinshasa to over 2,000 tests across eight decentralized labs in Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu; treatment beds grew to over 500 across 19 health zones.
- Violence against volunteers at burial sites persists as mistrust hinders response efforts, Paolo Cravero, IFRC Senior Officer for Communications and Media Relations, reported; four children died at Kigonze camp since Monday, according to Caritas director Justin Zanamuzi.
- The International Organization for Migration requires $55.8 million for cross-border coordination across 11 countries but faces a $35 million funding gap, while Deputy Director General for Operations Ugochi Daniels noted the disease has become "more than a health crisis.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola in DR Congo - First Month of Outbreak Sees Record Number of Cases - UN Humanitarians
Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing risk and fear into people's daily lives, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola virus spreads unusually fast in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Ebola outbreak in Congo registered the highest number of confirmed cases in the first month among all episodes of the disease, a senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an interview this Tuesday (23), attributing the increase to the rapid spread of the disease to urban areas. The outbreak of the bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which infected more than 1,000 people and caused 267 deaths, was det…
WHO Warns Of Rapidly Expanding Ebola Crisis In Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has become the fastest-growing recorded outbreak on the African continent, with confirmed infections surpassing 1,000 within the first month, according to the World Health Organization. Health officials reported 1,048 confirmed cases and 267 deaths as of Tuesday, underscoring the severity of the crisis. The outbreak is driven by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, a rare variant for which n…
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