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DRC’s Ebola outbreak may be worst ever, Africa CDC says
CNN • • health
Key Points:
- The head of Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could become the worst ever if not contained soon.
- Tens of thousands of contacts of Ebola patients in the DRC remain untraced, raising concerns about the outbreak’s potential to escalate.
- Kaseya compared the current situation to the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed over 11,000 people, and the less deadly 2018 outbreak in eastern DRC.
- The warning was issued during a virtual meeting of African heads of state held in Burundi, emphasizing the urgent need for coordinated response efforts.
