WIKIMEDIA, TUBSUpdate (July 5): The Ebola outbreak in DRC is over, the World Health Organization and the Congolese government announced July 2. In total, there were eight cases and four deaths.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Saturday (May 13) that two people in a suspected Ebola cluster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are confirmed to have the virus, according to Reuters. Another 17 people are suspected to have caught Ebola, and among the 19, three people have died.
“WHO has already mobilized technical experts to be deployed on the ground and is ready to provide the leadership and technical expertise required to mount a coordinated and effective response,” Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s regional director for Africa, told CNN. In addition, Congo’s health ministry deployed epidemiologists, biologists, and others to aid in addressing the outbreak.
The rural and rugged environment where the cases have occurred has made it challenging for public health officials to fully ...
