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Ebola death toll in Congo to pass 1,000, World Health Organization warns
Source: The Guardian
Ebola death toll in Congo to pass 1,000, World Health Organization warns
Women and children fare worst as efforts to contain outbreak are undermined by health centre attacks and local mistrust
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Fri 3 May 2019 14.42 BST Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 16.20 BST
The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is expected to exceed 1,000 on Friday, the World Health Organization has warned.
Weekly infections have been rising since late February, with attacks by armed groups and a failure to win community trust undermining the response to the epidemic.
Since the outbreak began in August, 1,510 cases have been recorded in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, according to figures released by the DRC’s ministry of health on Thursday, while 994 people have died of the disease.
An experimental vaccine, thought to be highly effective, is being offered to frontline workers as well as known contacts of Ebola patients and, in turn, their contacts. But this resource-intensive strategy depends on response teams having safe and quick access to affected areas.
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Women and children fare worst as efforts to contain outbreak are undermined by health centre attacks and local mistrust
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Fri 3 May 2019 14.42 BST Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 16.20 BST
The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is expected to exceed 1,000 on Friday, the World Health Organization has warned.
Weekly infections have been rising since late February, with attacks by armed groups and a failure to win community trust undermining the response to the epidemic.
Since the outbreak began in August, 1,510 cases have been recorded in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, according to figures released by the DRC’s ministry of health on Thursday, while 994 people have died of the disease.
An experimental vaccine, thought to be highly effective, is being offered to frontline workers as well as known contacts of Ebola patients and, in turn, their contacts. But this resource-intensive strategy depends on response teams having safe and quick access to affected areas.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/may/03/ebola-death-toll-in-congo-to-pass-1000-world-health-organization-warns