The Ebola Epidemic in Congo Could Be Much More Serious. The Real Number of Cases, Three Times Higher
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The Ebola Epidemic in Congo Could Be Much More Serious. The Real Number of Cases, Three Times Higher
The number of Ebola cases caused by the epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be up to three times higher than the official number of 5,208 confirmed infections, the public health agency of the African Union (AU) warned Thursday.
Nairobi. The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be as much as three times higher than the official 5,208 confirmed cases, the African Union Public Health Agency (AU) warned Thursday, indicating that they only detect between 30% and 40% of actual contagions. “We estimate that only 30% to 40% of actual cases are being detected. Models of the DRC analysis team together with Imperial College assess that the actual…
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