Of 53 cases, 37 are confirmed, 13 probable, and 3 suspected; deaths remain at 25.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry yesterday and today ruled out some suspected cases based on lab tests and confirmed 2 more in the remote Iboko outbreak location, dropping the outbreak total to 50 cases, including 37 confirmed and 13 probable, with no suspected cases. No new deaths were reported, keeping that total at 25.
Cases now total 51, and vaccine uptake has been high among more than 900 case contacts identified.
Vaccination is under way in two remote areas as officials get closer to testing as many as five treatments.
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says the US role in outbreak response is key but less prominent in the face of stronger international capacity.
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With worries about the disease spreading in Mbandaka, the WHO said the DRC risk is very high and the regional risk is high.
More than $25 million is newly pledged for an outbreak that has grown to 51 total cases, 28 confirmed.
Four more illnesses have been reported, along with another death in a healthcare worker.
"At this point, it's not cost beneficial to declare an international state of emergency," a WHO official said of the 45-case outbreak that has killed 25 people.
