42 confirmed Ebola victims die in DRC
A total of 42 people has been killed by confirmed and suspected Ebola
infection in the Equateur province in northern Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), Felix Kabange, minister of public health said on Wednesday.
A total of 30 cases had be confirmed, out of which 16 died, 2 in
isolation and 12 healed, according to the minister. Other deaths are
among the 14 suspected and 26 probable cases.
He said 243 people are being monitored among the 245 who had been in contact with Ebola patients.
“The dead include eight health workers and three isolation cases, all in Djera,” he added.
By Monday, 139 specimens had been tested, and the last positive case was confirmed on Sept. 24, according to the minister.
With the first case confirmed in mid-August, the DR Congo’s is experiencing the seventh Ebola outbreak since 1976.
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