this world Health Organization (WHO) warned about something new epidemic ebola in the Congo region of North KivuIn the eastern African country, after the worst estimates were confirmed for the case classified as suspected last week.
The thing is that A 46-year-old woman who died in the city of Beni on August 15. Although she initially received medical care for other ailments, she developed symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus.
Tests on the patient confirmed the presence of the virus, and genetic analyzes linked transmission to the largest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, It caused more than 2,200 deaths between 2018 and 2020.
Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Africa Director, sees this kind of revival as “worrying”, they are “happening more and more often”. However, he is confident that the experience of the authorities and communities will serve to contain the new epidemic “quickly”.
Local staff, in collaboration with WHO, are already 160 patients are zero contacts and the first 200 doses of Ebola vaccine will arrive in Beni this week.