Ebola outbreak in DRC: Number of cases and deaths announced

According to the latest data of the DRC Ministry of Health, 2 thousand 121 people recovered from the epidemic and the death rate was recorded as 48.4 percent.

8 thousand 224 cases were confirmed in the epidemic and 3 thousand 982 people died.

Efforts to treat patients, prevent the spread of the virus, and increase the capacity of medical teams continue in 63 regions in 7 states affected by the epidemic.

Ebola caused thousands of deaths in Africa

The Ebola virus, which causes a type of hemorrhagic fever, first appeared in 1976 with simultaneous epidemics in Nzara, Sudan, and Yambuku, DRC.

Since the epidemic in the DRC started in the village near the Ebola River, the disease was named after this river.

The Ebola virus spread in West Africa in December 2013. In the epidemic seen in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone between 2014 and 2017, 30 thousand people were infected with the virus and more than 11 thousand of the patients died.

An epidemic was declared in the country on May 15, following 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths announced in Ituri province in the east of the DRC.

According to health officials, there is no approved treatment or vaccine for the "Bundibugyo" Ebola variant that broke out in May.