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The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the second most important in history, behind the devastating epidemic in which thousands of people died a few years ago in Africa from Africa. West, announced Thursday the World Health Organization.
The Congolese Ministry of Health announced that there were 426 cases, which the WHO's chief of emergencies, Dr. Peter Salama, described as "sad figure". The total includes 379 confirmed cases and 47 probable cases. So far, this outbreak, declared on August 1, has confirmed 198 deaths, and it is estimated that 47 more likely were from the same cause, according to the Congo Ministry of Health.
Attacks by rebel groups and the open hostility of some suspicious residents have posed serious problems for health workers that Ebola experts say they have not seen before. Many rescue teams are embarking on crucial missions to contain the virus, accompanied only by UN peacekeepers, in areas where gunshots are heard daily.
Salama predicted this month that an epidemic in northeastern Congo will last at least six months before it can be controlled. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,000 deaths between 2014 and 2016.
Day after day, health organizations are reporting more and more obstacles to the fight against this new Ebola epidemic in the Congo, even if its work has reached milestones that have given new hope to the fight against one of the world's most notorious diseases.
More than 37,000 people have been vaccinated against Ebola and Congo has begun performing the first efficacy and safety test of four experimental drugs against this disease. Despite this, the risk of spreading Ebola in so-called "red" areas – areas virtually inaccessible due to the threat of rebel groups – remains one of the main concerns in containing this epidemic.
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