Ebola outbreak ‘growing faster, wider’ as DRC death toll passes 2,500: UN
Epidemic in DR Congo remains out of control amid conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities. The Ebola virus continues spreading “exponentially” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations has warned.
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- Fact 1: Sounding the alarm that the outbreak is “spreading faster and wider” than ever before, the UN’s Senior Ebola Coordinator Julien Harneis reported that more than 2,500 people have now died.
- Fact 2: DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak ‘global emergency’ as infections pass 5,000: WHO How Ebola became the deadliest outbreak in DR Congo’s history DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine as Ebola infections surge The official called for more funds to be put to work to try to control the spread, noting that the existing pool of money will run out within weeks.
- Fact 3: More than 260 attacks on health workers have been reported in the past six months, and eight health workers have been killed.
- Fact 4: More than 160 healthcare workers have fallen ill, with 43 dying.
Epidemic in DR Congo remains out of control amid conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities. The Ebola virus continues spreading “exponentially” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations has warned.
Sounding the alarm that the outbreak is “spreading faster and wider” than ever before, the UN’s Senior Ebola Coordinator Julien Harneis reported that more than 2,500 people have now died. DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak ‘global emergency’ as infections pass 5,000: WHO How Ebola became the deadliest outbreak in DR Congo’s history DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine as Ebola infections surge The official called for more funds to be put to work to try to control the spread, noting that the existing pool of money will run out within weeks. Efforts to stem the epidemic since the outbreak began in May have faced several challenges.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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