Congo Announces New Ebola Case Just Days Before Planned Declaration That Its Outbreak Had Ended
has been confirmed in eastern Congo, just three days before the country expected to declare an end to the outbreak, the World Health Organization said Friday.second-deadliest Ebola outbreakIt had been nearly 42 days without a case, and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Congo’s declaration had been planned for Monday. “We have been preparing for and expecting more cases,” he said, reflecting the caution that mixed with optimism in recent days.The Congo Ebola Outbreak Began a Year Ago.
“We’ll just have to go for another 42 days,” or the required period of time without a case for the Ebola outbreak to be declared over, said Mike Ryan, the emergencies chief for the WHO. “Maybe that’s our lesson for COVID-19: There is no exit strategy until you’re in control of the situation,” Ryan said. “You must always be ready to start again… never be surprised.”
The Ebola outbreak has claimed more than 2,260 lives — second to the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa. The current outbreak declared in August 2018 has occurred in especially challenging conditions amid deadly rebel attacks, community suspicion and some of the world’s weakest infrastructure in remote areas. Some Ebola responders were attacked and killed., a welcome development in fighting one of the world’s most notorious diseases.In Beni on Friday, some residents were crushed. “It’s really a shame,” said Mbusa Kyota, who had just heard the news of the new Ebola case on the radio.
Health workers had already been turning their Ebola messaging and other efforts to fighting the coronavirus.
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