The Ebola epidemic in Congo has crossed a critical threshold. According to the latest report from Congo's public health institute, more than 10,000 cases have been registered in the country. At the same time, the number of deaths has reached 4,887, Reuters writes. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The current outbreak of this virus strain, which began in mid-May this year, has already become the deadliest in the republic's history and is second only to the 2014–2016 West Africa outbreak. At that time, more than 28,600 people were infected and over 11,000 died, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
In early October, Kenya reported its first case and then announced nine new cases in total after a man who arrived from Congo via Uganda died in Nairobi.
Last week, Nigeria became the fourth African country to report a case of Ebola. Health officials are trying to determine how and where the patient — the wife of a Swiss diplomat who had not traveled to Congo — contracted the disease. It is suspected she may have been infected in Uganda. The woman and her husband were urgently evacuated from the country to Switzerland on a special flight, where she is already receiving the necessary medical care, and her husband is in quarantine.
Recall that in May and June, 20 cases were registered in Uganda, most of which were imported from Congo, but in August the WHO declared the country free of Ebola. The day before, Uganda's health minister said that Ugandan citizens returning to the country who had previously visited Congo would be placed in quarantine for 21 days.
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