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Ebola Outbreak Status in DRC
Reported stats for the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Health: No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as toll hits 80
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No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused more than 80 deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine or specific treatment, the country's health minister warned Saturday.A total of 88 deaths and 336 suspected cases of the the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever have been reported, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said in an update on Saturday.Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was preparing a "large-scale response", calling the rapid spread of the outbreak "extremely concerning"."The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment," DR Congo's Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said Saturday."This strain has a very high lethality rate which can reach 50 percent."The strain has also claimed one life in neighbouring Uganda, officials said Saturday, that of a Congolese national.That correlated with an announcement late Friday by Uganda's health ministry, which said a 59-year-old man from DR Congo had died in Kampala after being admitted earlier in the week. His body was repatriated the same day.Tests showed the victim in Uganda was infected with the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, first identified in 2007.Vaccines are only available for the Zaire strain, which was identified in 1976 and has a higher fatality rate of 60-90 percent.Health officials had confirmed the latest outbreak Friday in Ituri province in northeastern DR Congo, bordering Uganda and South Sudan, according to CDC Africa.Adding to concerns of spread are significant cross-border population movements in the region affected."We've been seeing people die for the past two weeks," said Isaac Nyakulinda, a local civil society representative contacted by AFP by phone."There is nowhere to isolate the sick. They are dying at home and their bodies are being handled by their family members."According to Kamba, patient zero was a nurse who reported to a health facility in provincial capital Bunia on April 24, with symptoms suggesting Ebola.Symptoms of the disease include fever, haemorrhaging and vomiting.MSF said it was mobilising medical, logistical and support staff to help respond to the outbreak."The number of cases and deaths we are seeing in such a short timeframe, combined with the spread across several health zones and now across the border, is extremely concerning,” says Trish Newport, MSF Emergency Programme Manager.- High risk of spread -It is the 17th Ebola outbreak to hit DR Congo, and officials wa...
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No vaccine for new highly lethal Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns ...
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