Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131 as outbreak spreads
False negative tests delayed detection as the rare Bundibugyo strain spread to neighboring provinces and Uganda, with 513 suspected cases reported.
- On Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed deep concern over the 'scale and speed' of a Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo, which has killed 131 people with over 500 suspected cases.
- The rare Bundibugyo strain lacks approved vaccines or therapeutics, and the virus spread undetected for weeks after locals mistook symptoms for a 'mystical illness,' Congolese Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said.
- American physician Dr. Peter Stafford tested positive after treating patients in Ituri province, and German officials are preparing to admit and treat him at the request of the United States.
- Authorities confirmed cases spreading to urban centers and neighboring Uganda, prompting the World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee while Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi urged citizens to keep 'calm.'
- Persistent humanitarian crises and armed group clashes in Ituri and North Kivu provinces hinder response teams in a remote region with some of the world's worst infrastructure, complicating outbreak coordination.
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Several countries announced precautionary measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday about the scale and speed of the Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and warned that this new epidemic can last in this isolated and fragile region by the presence of armed groups, reports AFP.
WHO warns of “magnitude and speed” of Ebola outbreak in Congo with 131 deaths and cases in Uganda
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Tuesday before the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva that "the magnitude and speed" with which the Ebola outbreak is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are alarming, with more than 543 suspected cases, 131 deaths linked to transmission, and 33 laboratory-confirmed infections. Two further cases have been confirmed in neigh…
According to WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the number of suspected infections has now reached more than five hundred. There is no clear picture of the outbreak: due to a lack of materials, an average of only six tests per hour is possible.
Ebola har spillits till fler platformer i Congo-Kinshasa. En americansk läkare flygs nu till Tyskland för att vårdas där. – Jag är djupt oroad över utbrotts omfattning och hur snabbt smittan sprids, carrier WHO:s general director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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