This is March 21, 2021. Medical staff are disinfecting the Ebola treatment center in North Kivu, Congo (DRC) Work. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Alain Uyakani)
Xinhua News Agency, Brazzaville, April 23 (Reporter Shi Yu) Kinshasa News: The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa issued a statement on the 23rd The Congo (DRC) reported a confirmed case of Ebola. This is the second case of Ebola since the country’s Ebola outbreak ended in December 2021.
Congo (DRC) Health Minister Mbengani said on the 23rd that a person was found to have Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Equateur province in the northwest of the country. The WHO Regional Office for Africa confirmed on the same day that the patient was a 31-year-old male who developed suspected symptoms in early April and died on April 22. The local health and epidemic prevention department analyzed the sample and confirmed that it was a confirmed case of Ebola.
This is March 21, 2021. Medical staff inoculate local people in North Kivu Province, Congo (DRC) Ebola vaccine. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Alan Uyakani)
In October 2021, the 13th round of Ebola outbreak in Congo (DRC) occurred, with 8 confirmed cases reported, 6 of whom died . In December of the same year, Congo (DRC) announced the end of the Ebola epidemic in the country. From 2018 to 2020, during the 10th round of Ebola outbreak in Congo (DRC), more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Ebola were reported, of which more than 2,000 died.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a hemorrhagic infectious disease caused by Ebola virus. The main manifestations are fever, hemorrhage and multiple organ damage, and the mortality rate is as high as 50% to 90%.