19 Dead, 39 Infected so Far in Congo Ebola Outbreak
Ebola cases in Congo rise to 35 with 19 recorded deaths: Health ministry (WHO)
Health ministry Say there is now 35 Cases of Ebola in North Congo including 19 Confirmed deaths with the virus.
Health officials fear it could spread rapidly in Mbandaka, a densely populated city of one million.
Isolation is the main way to keep the disease under control.
A vaccination campaign continues in Mbandaka, the city of 1.2 million on the Congo River where four Ebola cases have been confirmed.
The other confirmed cases are in the rural areas of Bikoro and Iboko. Of the confirmed Ebola deaths, five have occurred in Bikoro, two in Iboko and three in the Wangata area of Mbandaka.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a meeting in Geneva on Saturday that “I am personally committed to ensuring that we do everything we can to stop this outbreak as soon as possible.”
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