EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DRC ON TRACK TO ECLIPSE 2014-2016 WEST AFRICA EPIDEMIC- WHO CHIEF. (PHOTO).
Ebola outbreak in DRC on track to eclipse 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic: WHO chief The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "on track to eclipse" the 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic at its current pace, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said, Anadolu Agency reported. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a media briefing in Geneva that the outbreak is already the second-biggest Ebola epidemic on record and is spreading faster than any previous outbreak. Officially, 4,449 confirmed cases and 2,061 deaths have been reported in five provinces and 53 health zones, he said. About 90% of cases and 80% of deaths are concentrated in Ituri province, with sustained transmission in Bunia, Rwampara, Nizi, and Lita. Treatment capacity Tedros said a high proportion of deaths are occurring in communities rather than treatment centres and outside known contact lists, indicating unidentified chains of transmission. The WHO and its partners are scaling up surveilla...

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