Health workers are seen inside the 'red zone' of an Ebola treatment centre, which was attacked in the early hours of the morning on March 9, 2019 in Butembo.over the past three weeks, taking the overall death toll in the latest outbreak past 700, according to health ministry data.
Local people are now at least receiving vaccines on a large scale for the first time with more than 95,000 getting a dose of the rVSV-Zebov vaccine from Merck laboratories.The Democratic Republic of Congo declared its tenth outbreak of Ebola in 40 years last August in northeastern North Kivu province before it spread into the neighbouring Ituri region.
The current outbreak is the second worst to date, the deadliest being a 2014 epidemic in West Africa which killed more than 10,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone."Since the start of the epidemic, overall cases are 1,117 -- 1,051 confirmed and 66 probable. In total there are 702 deaths and 339 people who have recovered," the ministry said, quoting data up to Thursday.
Poor security owing to the presence of several armed groups, coupled with resistance of some communities to seeking treatment, has hampered the fight to stem the spread of the disease. A recent study in the central Congolese cities of Beni and Butembo found only a third trusted local authorities to help them and more than a quarter believed
This ebola crap is back ey our professors must put their heads together and solve this calamity as long as it's not gna find its way to our country while we battle deseases like foot and mouth in Zulu bathi amatela ey we must pray madoda
Ebola is not a new disease it's cure is available but our African leaders prepare and equip their doctor s properly, does _AfricanUnion have specialised team for this kind of diseases or they wait for west
Tough, I hope they contain it and never spreads further.
Why do all these diseases start in Africa though 🤨
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