Nearly 4,000 dead in Ebola outbreak in DRC
If 3,781 cases of infection were identified in the first 19 weeks last year, this year for the same period there were twice as many cases — 7,840.
Consensus
- The number of deaths from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is approaching 4,000.
- Over 8,000 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- The lethality rate of the outbreak is around 48-49%.
- The outbreak is spreading in provinces including Ituri, North Kivu, Upper Uele, and Lower Uele.
- The outbreak was officially declared on May 15 in the province of Ituri.
- The outbreak has spread to neighboring Uganda, but WHO confirmed in late August that the disease is no longer spreading in Uganda.
- The outbreak is considered the most rapid and deadliest in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- The World Health Organization has described the outbreak as having the potential to surpass the scale of the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic.
Points of divergence
- The current outbreak is considered the deadliest in the history of the DRC. — kommersant
- The current outbreak has surpassed the 2014–2015 epidemic in speed of spread, with twice as many cases in the same period. — kommersant
- 50 medical workers have died since the start of the outbreak. — kommersant
- The World Health Organization reported an acute shortage of doctors and medical personnel in the DRC. — kommersant
- 3,900 people have died from Ebola in the DRC. — interfax
- 2,070 patients have recovered and 773 remain hospitalized. — interfax
- The lethality rate is 48.4%. — interfax
Coverage (2 sources)
- Number of Ebola fever victims in DRC approaches 4,000 — Коммерсантъ
- Nearly 4,000 people died in the DRC after contracting Ebola virus — Интерфакс