The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is the second largest in the world

KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Ebola Epidemic in Eastern Congo is the Second Largest in its History , with 426 confirmed and probable cases, announced Thursday the Ministry of Health. 19659003] The 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa, where more than 28,000 cases were confirmed, only surpbaded the epidemic in an unstable part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and exceeds the size of 2000 in Uganda, with 425 cases. The Ebola virus is believed to have killed 245 people in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, where the attack by armed groups and the community's resistance to health hindered the response.

Congo has experienced 10 Ebola outbreaks since the discovery of the virus in that country in 1976. It spreads through contact with bodily fluids and causes hemorrhagic fever accompanied by severe vomiting, diarrhea and bleeding. Many outbreaks are fatal.

"This tragic milone" We are aware of the complexity and severity of the epidemic, "said Michelle Gayer, Senior Director of Emergency Health Services at the International Rescue Committee, in a statement. Conflict dynamics (average) … a prolonged epidemic is … likely, and the end is not in sight. "

(Report by Giulia Paravicini, edited by Tim Cocks and Andrew Heavens) [19659006] This story was not modified by the staff of Firstpost and is generated by automatic feeding.