Women and girls account for 58% of patients.
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) dashboard shows 3 new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which raise the outbreak total to 3,194 cases, including 2,133 deaths. A total of 346 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Also today the DRC’s multisector Ebola committee (CMRE) said three cases yesterday originated in Kalunguta, Mambasa, and Mandima—all current virus hot spots.
Survey reveals that 12% think Ebola is fabricated and 72% do not completely trust responders.
Three new cases today raise the outbreak total to 3,183, including 2,126 deaths.
The steady trickle of new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued today, with the World Health Organization (WHO) dashboard showing three new cases and three new fatalities.
The outbreak total now stands at 3,178 cases, with 2,122 deaths, and 520 suspected cases under investigation.
With 4 new infections today, the outbreak has reached 3,175 cases.
Also, Tanzania summons a WHO representative to reaffirm that it is not withholding info on possible cases.
The WHO said it needs clinical data, investigation findings, and information on contacts and lab tests to fully assess the risk.
"Ebola is a reality, not a chimera," Gressly says, urging cooperation with response efforts.
Ebola transmission intensity increased slightly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak region last week, with 57 new confirmed cases amid minor security flare-ups and major violence in Mandima health zone that suspended response operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly snapshot of the outbreak.
