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Ebola Is Outrunning The Response In Eastern Congo
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The Democratic Republic of Congo faces its deadliest Ebola outbreak ever with 3500 deaths. Containment is possible if sufficient resources are mobilized; here's how.
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GENEVA — The head of the U.N. health agency is hailing “encouraging signs” in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in one part of eastern Congo, while warning that case counts are rising fast in another as officials race to tamp down the virus.
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the fight against the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo was showing “encouraging signs" but that the epidemic was "far from over". More than 7,000 cases have been reported across seven provinces as of September 11.
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still spreading but appears to be showing "encouraging" signs of improvement, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
In tonight's edition, signs of a welcome slowdown in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak. Also, about 20,000 Ethiopian university students in the northern region of Tigray will be relocated to other campuses across the country.
The Democratic Republic of Congo faces its deadliest Ebola outbreak ever with 3500 deaths. Containment is possible if sufficient resources are mobilized; here's how.
More than 3,510 people have died from Ebola in eastern DR Congo since the outbreak was declared four months ago, with Ituri accounting for 78% of confirmed cases. Congolese authorities say the epidemic has now passed its peak, pointing to signs that the outbreak is beginning to slow.
Doctors Without Borders has warned against premature optimism amid the DRC's largest-ever Ebola outbreak. "The outbreak is not shrinking, it is moving," an MSF official said, entering new and more underprepared regions.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government claims that the Ebola outbreak has changed course, with cases trending downwards in hotspots. But that interpretation is being met with pushback from experts and health responders, who say the outbreak remains as bad as ever.
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