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…
"Deadly Ebola Outbreak in D.R.C. Sparks Global Alarm"
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated to become the most fatal in the country’s history, with a rising number of confirmed cases causing global concern. The public health ministry of the D.R.C. reported a total of 2,378 deaths as of August 16. The World Health Organization’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described the outbreak as the second-largest on record and highlighted its unprecedented speed o…
The race against Ebola remains, for the time being, in the virus's favor. More than one hundred days after the epidemic was declared in the DRC on May 15, the outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus has become the second largest Ebola epidemic in history, after the one that struck West Africa between 2014 […]
The 17th Ebola epidemic, declared on 15 May in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is considered the most deadly ever recorded in that country. Faced with an out-of-control expansion, the leaders of four African countries are denouncing promises of financing that are struggling to materialize.
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