Fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak could reach South Sudan within weeks, experts warn
- The Ebola crisis across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is likely to spread to South Sudan, with experts warning that cases of the fastest-ever recorded outbreak could reach the war-ravaged nation within weeks.
- Modelling by the World Health Organisation, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found that there was an almost 70 per cent chance of a case in South Sudan within 12 weeks.
- The country has some of the weakest public health infrastructure in the region, with gaps in border surveillance, contact tracing and safe burial.
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- The Ebola crisis across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is likely to spread to South Sudan, with experts warning that cases of the fastest-ever recorded outbreak could reach the war-ravaged nation within weeks.
- Modelling by the World Health Organisation, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found that there was an almost 70 per cent chance of a case in South Sudan within 12 weeks.
- The country has some of the weakest public health infrastructure in the region, with gaps in border surveillance, contact tracing and safe burial.
Sources: The Independent