U.S. citizen working for humanitarian organization in Congo tests positive for Ebola
Summary
A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian group in Congo has tested positive for Ebola during a large outbreak. Health agencies are working together to stop the virus from spreading and to find people who had close contact with the infected person.Key Facts
- A U.S. citizen in Congo tested positive for Ebola, according to the U.S. CDC.
- Congo is facing the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak recorded in Africa, with over 1,800 confirmed cases and 648 deaths.
- The Ebola strain in this outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.
- Cases have also been confirmed in neighboring Uganda.
- Efforts to control the outbreak have been difficult due to lack of funding, attacks on health centers, and conflict in eastern Congo.
- Previously, an American doctor in Congo also tested positive and was treated in Germany.
- A plan to send Ebola-exposed Americans to a facility in Kenya was stopped by a Kenyan court.
- New clinical trials for Ebola treatment have recently started in Congo.
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