Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - New Centre Opens At Heart of Record Ebola Outbreak
[UN News] New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has opened a new Ebola treatment centre at the Kigonze displacement camp on the outskirts of Bunia, the capital of Ituri province. This comes as the country faces the largest ever recorded outbreak of the highly contagious disease, with cases and deaths continuing to climb sharply. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the current outbreak surpasses the 2018 to 2020 outbreak, which resulted in 3,317 confirmed cases.
The new centre aims to aid in the identification of suspected cases and refer confirmed Ebola patients to treatment centers. However, the outbreak's rapid spread is attributed to factors such as insecurity, population displacement, and cross-border movements, complicating response operations and increasing the risk of further geographical spread.
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