Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak
- Fatalities reached 3,901 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded over 8,000 cases of Ebola, including almost 4,000 deaths, amid the worst outbreak in the country’s history, according to government data.
- The latest report, published on Monday by the DRC’s public health institute, put the number of cases at 8,067 and deaths at 3,901, representing a fatality rate of 48.4 percent.
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- Fatalities reached 3,901 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded over 8,000 cases of Ebola, including almost 4,000 deaths, amid the worst outbreak in the country’s history, according to government data.
- The latest report, published on Monday by the DRC’s public health institute, put the number of cases at 8,067 and deaths at 3,901, representing a fatality rate of 48.4 percent.
Sources: Al Jazeera