The World Health Organization has data on more than 900 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was announced by the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday, May 25.
“At the moment, more than 900 suspected cases of the disease have been identified, including 101 confirmed cases,” Ghebreyesus wrote on the social media network X.
The epicenter of the outbreak is located in Ituri Province, eastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is home to five million people. The ongoing fighting in the country hinders contact tracing and early detection of the disease. The first death there was recorded on April 24. The outbreak is believed to have started among gold miners in the area around the town of Bunia.
The causative agent of the outbreak was the Ebola-Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no vaccine or specific medicine. A fever outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda, and the World Health Organization has declared an international emergency.
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