Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo: Deaths Exceed 4 Thousand

The loss of life in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 5 exceeded 4 thousand. In the statement made by the government, it was reported that the number of people who lost their lives in the epidemic reached 4 thousand 18.

NUMBER OF CASES EXCEEDED 8 THOUSAND

The government stated that the number of confirmed cases in seven different states reached 8,300, and more than 2,000 people who contracted the disease have recovered.

The epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has become the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in the country's history, surpassing the previous epidemic in 2018-2020. The current situation is the second most severe epidemic recorded after the major epidemic that occurred in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 and infected more than 28 thousand 600 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and caused the death of more than 11 thousand people.

'THE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED'