Ebola ragut 2,325 nyawa di Congo
Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia memberi amaran ia kini menjadi epidemik Ebola kedua terbesar pernah direkodkan dan merebak lebih pantas berbanding mana-mana wabak Ebola sebelum ini.
Congo has recorded 2,325 deaths, or 47% of the 4,945 confirmed cases since the Ebola outbreak began in May, according to Xinhua. The DRC reports 4,945 confirmed cases, including 2,325 deaths since the outbreak began, making the death rate 47%, according to the country's health authorities' statement on Sunday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) notes that the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC from 2018 to 2020 recorded 3,481 cases, including 2,299 deaths. This ongoing outbreak, which is the 17th Ebola outbreak in DRC since the virus was first identified there in 1976, was officially declared on May 15 and originated from the Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus.
The outbreak has spread to 55 health zones in six regions: Ituri, North Kivu, Haut-Uele, Tshopo, South Kivu, and Bas-Uele. The WHO warns that the Ebola outbreak in DRC has the potential to become the worst ever recorded. It is now the second largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded and spreads faster than any previous Ebola outbreak.
If the current rate continues, it is expected to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a media briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. The 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic, the largest ever recorded, infected more than 28,600 people.
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