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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the balance sheet of the Ebola epidemic report has been raised to 500, announced Saturday the Ministry of Health of the country.
According to the Congolese Ministry of Health, 502 dead and 271 people were healed. However, regular vaccination programs have prevented thousands of additional deaths in the region.
Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said that for the first time, a vaccination program had helped protect about 76,425 people and averted thousands of deaths.
I believe we have prevented the spread of the epidemic in the major cities of the region.
"I think we have prevented the spread of the epidemic in the big cities of the region," he said.
The teams have also managed to contain the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.
The main problem is the high mobility of the population, added the minister. This is the second most deadly Ebola outbreak in the world since the virus killed 11,000 people in West Africa in 2014. The epidemic began in the North Kivu region, bordering Uganda. and Rwanda.
The Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced the number of deaths in the continuing epidemic #Ebola the virus has exceeded 500.
But Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said that thousands of deaths have been prevented by vaccination programs. #sabcnews #DRC– KiratLalla (@KiratLalla) February 10, 2019
The Spanish wing of the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) went on Twitter Saturday indicating that Ebola cases would have increased since January 15.
East African countries, including Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan's North are now on alert, the relief agency added. Ebola, one of the most deadly diseases in the world, first appeared in Sudan and then in DR Congo in 1976.
The virus can be transmitted to humans by wild animals. Fever, severe headaches and haemorrhages are the symptoms of the disease. In 2014, the Ebola virus caused worldwide concern when an epidemic erupted in the countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, killing more than 11,000 people and approximately 28,600 others. .
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