Eighth case of Ebola confirmed in Uganda. In the DRC, 220 infected people have already died
New epidemic of hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Until Sunday, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a total of over 900 suspected cases were recorded, and 101 of them were verified in the laboratory. On Monday, the head of WHO confirmed the weekend reports from the Ministry of Health DRCThat Most likely, 220 people have died in this country due to Ebola.
For several days now, the authorities in Kinshasa have been officially talking about… a new epidemic of hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus, and for a week now, WHO has considered the current situation in the DRC to be a public health emergency of international concern. The mortality rate for the current variant of the virus reaches 50%.
The WHO chief assured on Thursday evening, speaking in Kinshasa, that the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda can be contained, stressing that border closures are generally ineffective in containing the virus.
