“The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 5,300 deaths and 10,400 confirmed cases, making it the country’s deadliest and fastest-spreading epidemic on record” from the Wikipedia
“Data from the Congolese Ministry of Health showed that the disease has killed 5,026 people out of 10,351 infected, at a nearly 50% lethality rate. The surge is sparking concerns among experts regarding the authorities’ ability to contain the deadly virus.” PBS
Ebola is now expected or known to be present in 4 African nations, DRC (Congo ), Kenya, Nigeria, and Possibly Uganda where one infected individual traveled. Another case is in France where an infected volunteer is isolated.
It actually may have spread beyond these countries as the current reports are all 2 days old.
It is noted that there is a major problem with health care as many workers have not been paid in as long as 4 months. There could be a major disaster if the payments are not made, causing the workers to flee.
A report just released states that from over 11,000 cases and possible cases, only about 2800 have recovered and over 5000 have died.
Some factors have improved but are still serious. While initially, the number of new cases was doubling every month, it seems to be now doubling every 45 to 60 days, showing a slow improvement. However, this may be complicated by the occurrence of cases in new countries and if growth continues to expand, it may become overwhelming.
It is the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, second only to a two-year-long West Africa outbreak between 2014 and 2016, the largest and most widespread outbreak of the disease in history, causing over 28,600 recorded cases and 11,325 deaths.
The current Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak may surpass the West Africa outbreak in a little under 2 months if a way is not found to stop it.
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