There are 266 cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo According to the latest report on the epidemic prepared by the Congolese Ministry of Health, the outbreak of Ebola in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for nearly three months now totals 266 possible cases, including 168 deaths

Of the total infections, 231 were confirmed in the laboratory, the remaining 35 corresponding to cases that could not be scientifically corroborated.

Similarly, the number of deaths corresponds to 133 laboratory positive cases and 35 deaths classified as probable cases.

In addition, another 42 cases are currently under investigation.

In the meantime, the number of people who have conquered the disease has risen to 70 and that of the vaccinated to 23,000,284.

The information provided is updated until October 27, about three months after the official start of the outbreak.

The epidemic is located in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, where the insecurity situation in which operate more than a hundred armed groups complicates medical interventions.

The different international health organizations that collaborate in the containment plan also point out that the resistance of some communities to treatment is another additional difficulty.

The epidemic is the second declared in 2018 in the country and the worst of the last decade in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It was also confirmed on August 1, just one week after the conclusion of another epidemic that affected the northeast of the country.

The Ebola virus is transmitted through direct contact with contaminated blood and body fluids, transmits hemorrhagic fever and can reach a 90% mortality rate if it is not treated in time.

The most devastating global epidemic was reported in March 2014, with cases dating back to December 2013 being in Guinea Conakry, a country from which it intensified to Sierra Leone and Sierra Leone. Liberia.

In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of this epidemic, which claimed 11,300 deaths and more than 28,500 deaths, although the UN agency itself recognizes that it could be a conservative figure

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