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Ebola Outbreak Statistics
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WHO puts suspected Ebola deaths at 220, warns outbreak is outpacing ...
The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was outpacing response efforts, giving the latest number of suspected deaths as 220.Mongbwalu, a large town in the unstable northeastern province of Ituri, is at the epicentre of the outbreak, which was first detected on May 15. Since then the virus has killed more than 200 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Read moreEbola outbreak raises fears of wider spread in Central AfricaThe World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the third-largest such outbreak on record, a public health emergency of international concern. Here are the latest reports on the Ebola outbreak.Hospital official says 25 patients fled during two weekend attacksDoctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads rapidly.At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri where the first Ebola cases were reported, including two at the weekend targeting the same hospital that permitted more than two dozen patients to run away.The attacks recall the widespread violence targeting health facilities during a 2018-2020 outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that killed more than 25 health workers.Some were perpetrated by civilians who were angry about not being able to bury their loved ones or were convinced that the outbreak was a hoax.WHO chief says more than 900 suspected cases as responders 'play catch-up'Addressing an online meeting of the African Union about the outbreak, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that a delay in detecting Ebola cases meant responders were now "playing catch-up" and the epidemic was likely to get worse before it gets better.Tedros said he would travel to Congo – the epicentre of the outbreak – on Tuesday with another senior WHO official responsible for addressing health emergencies, Chikwe Ihekweazu.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday there had been more than 900 suspected cases in the outbreak so far, including 101 confirmed cases.Two new cases in UgandaEarlier on Monday neighbouring Uganda reported two more Ebola cases, taking its total number of confirmed cases to seven, and Tedros said other...
WHO chief says Ebola epidemic 'is outpacing us' | The Straits Times
– Ebola may have killed more than 200 people so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence, mistrust and overwhelmed surveillance systems are straining efforts to contain the virus in the country’s conflict-hit east.More than 900 suspected cases have been reported across 11 health zones spanning three eastern provinces, according to Health Ministry data released late on May 24.The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on May 25 that there has been 220 suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak, and that a delay in detecting cases meant responders were now “playing catch-up”.“We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, adding that countries bordering the DRC – the epicentre of the outbreak – should take immediate action.The outbreak is exposing the difficulties of mounting an Ebola response in one of the world’s most unstable regions, where armed groups control territory, health systems are fragile, and attacks on treatment centres have disrupted containment efforts.Health workers were able to follow up with only about 20 per cent of identified contacts in a single day, according to ministry data.“The violence is forcing people to flee, including health and humanitarian workers,” Dr Tedros said. “This is severely impeding efforts to scale up Ebola contact tracing and identify infections early enough to provide supportive care.”The WHO has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.Dr Tedros said he would travel to the DRC on May 26.Angry residents stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients in the town of Mongbwalu late on May 24 after the authorities refused to release bodies for burial because of infection risks, the Associated Press reported.Earlier unrest in Ituri – the province along the Ugandan border where the outbreak was first detected and most cases are concentrated – led to Ebola treatment tents being set on fire and patients fleeing a treatment centre, according to reports from the area.Myths and misinformation about Ebola abound, and as many as one in three people in Ituri believe the virus is not real, according to ActionAid, a charity group that started conducting information sessions to address these perceptions.“We are not just fighting a deadly virus, we are fighting myths, fear and deep-seated suspicion,” Dr Saani Yakubu, director of ActionAid DRC, said ...
WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 and 'epidemic is outpacing us'
The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that there had been 220 suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak and that a delay in detecting cases meant responders were now “playing catch-up”.“We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” Tedros said, adding that countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo – the epicentre of the outbreak – should take immediate action.Earlier on Monday Uganda reported two more Ebola cases, taking its total number of confirmed cases to seven.The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.Tedros said he would travel to Congo on Tuesday and that addressing the fast-moving outbreak was complicated by the fact that Congo’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces were highly insecure and there were no approved vaccines for Bundibugyo virus. (Reuters)
WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 as epidemic 'outpacing us'
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says a delay in detecting cases means responders were now ‘playing catch-up’.The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) says there have been 220 suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak and that a delay in detecting cases meant responders are now “playing catch-up”.“We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, adding that countries bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) should take immediate action.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Uganda confirms 3 new Ebola cases, as 10 more countries ‘at risk’ of viruslist 2 of 3DR Congo will not change World Cup preparations despite US Ebola warninglist 3 of 3Violence and overcrowding hampers Ebola response in DRCend of listEarlier on Monday, Uganda reported two more Ebola cases, taking its total number of confirmed cases to seven.In a post on social media on Sunday, the WHO chief said that as surveillance efforts have been scaled up in the DRC’s Ebola response, more than 900 suspected cases have been identified so far.Ebola is a viral disease that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids. It can cause severe bleeding and organ failure, leading to death.The epicentre of the latest outbreak is in the DRC’s northeastern province of Ituri, and it has also spread into the neighbouring provinces, as far as 200km (125 miles) away from “ground zero”, as well as beyond the country’s borders, to Uganda.No vaccine or treatment exists for the new Bundibugyo strain of Ebola.Last week, the WHO declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern, and fear has gripped the streets of cities in the DRC and Uganda.Meanwhile, in Uganda, health authorities said they had detected two more confirmed cases of Ebola on Monday, bringing the total number of cases reported in the country to seven.The two new cases are health workers in a private health facility in the capital, Kampala, and both are Ugandans, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.Hospital stormed in DRCOn Sunday evening, angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients in the eastern DRC, forcing the medical staff to scramble to evacuate the patients as gunfire rang out in the area.It was not immediately known if anyone was hurt in the attack on the Mongbwalu General Hospital, but Richard Lokudu, the hospital’s medical director, to...
