The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola emergency committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the latest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak developments and assess if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern under International Health Regulations.
According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, only one new case of Ebola has been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since Feb 6, raising the outbreak total to 3,431 confirmed cases. The WHO also noted 123 probable cases, and 441 suspected cases still under investigation.
Since the outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces began in August 2018, 2,249 people have died from Ebola.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported one new confirmed Ebola case over the last 3 days, edging the overall outbreak total to 3,427, according to numbers reflected on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard. The WHO in a recent report said recent trends have been encouraging, with the number of cases in the most recent epidemiologic week the fewest since the outbreak response began.
After US flu activity peaked at the end of 2019 and fell for 2 straight weeks, it has now increased measurably for the second straight week, while the number of flu-related deaths in children rose by 14, to 68, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its weekly FluView report today.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tracked two more cases in an ongoing Ebola outbreak, raising the total to 3,424, of which 2,242 were fatal, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
The latest daily update from the DRC's Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said one recent case noted on the WHO's dashboard yesterday was in Beni.
One more illness has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Ebola outbreak, raising the total to 3,421, of which 2,242 were fatal, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
The latest daily update from the DRC's Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said two recent cases noted on the WHO's dashboard yesterday were in Beni.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows two newly confirmed cases of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outbreak totals now stand at 3,418 cases, including 2,240 deaths. A total of 494 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Yesterday the DRC's Ebola technical committee (CMRE) confirmed that one of the new cases was located in Beni.
In its weekly FluView update today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 15 new pediatric deaths attributed to influenza. CDC estimates this season there have been at least 15 million flu illnesses, 140,000 hospitalizations, and 8,200 deaths from flu.
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