DR Congo's confirmed Ebola cases rise to 452, with 82 deaths: report

DR Congo's confirmed Ebola cases rise to 452, with 82 deaths: report
DR Congo's confirmed Ebola cases rise to 452, with 82 deaths: report - A health official speaks to traders at a market in the DR Congo. (Photo: DW)
A health official speaks to traders at a market in the DR Congo. (Photo: DW)

Health authorities reported 71 new confirmed cases, including 21 deaths, in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, a sign of rapid and continuing community transmission amid the outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 452, including 82 deaths, according to the latest situation report released by the country's health ministry.
According to the report, health authorities reported 71 new confirmed cases, including 21 deaths, in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, a sign of rapid and continuing community transmission amid the outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.
A total of 258 patients are in isolation or hospital care, while eight people have recovered.

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Contact tracing remains a major gap, the report said, noting that of 4,766 contacts under follow-up across the three provinces, only 2,755 have been seen, representing an overall follow-up rate of 57.8 per cent.
The DRC health authorities listed the main challenges facing the response, including resistance to post-mortem swabbing, insufficient standardised Ebola treatment capacity, weak contact tracing, shortages of essential medicines, inadequate infection-prevention supplies in North Kivu, poor alert reporting and a 21.5-million-U.S.-dollar funding gap.
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Uganda has also confirmed three new Ebola cases, bringing the cumulative number of infections to 19, the Ugandan Ministry of Health said on Friday.

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organisation on Friday launched a continental Ebola outbreak preparedness and response plan, aiming to raise 518 million U.S. dollars to support African countries to prepare for, rapidly detect and respond to the outbreak for the period between June and November.

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