Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says
Summary
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has released its last Ebola patient from the hospital in Kasai province. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that if no new cases appear in the next 42 days, the Ebola outbreak will be declared over. Since the outbreak started in September, there have been 64 cases recorded, with 45 deaths.Key Facts
- The last Ebola patient in the DRC was released from a treatment center in Kasai province.
- The outbreak started on September 4, with cases in Bulape and Mweka areas.
- A total of 64 cases have been recorded; 19 people have recovered, and 45 have died.
- No new Ebola cases have been reported since September 25.
- WHO and local health workers set up a 32-bed treatment center and vaccinated over 35,000 people.
- If no new cases appear in the next 42 days, the outbreak will be officially over.
- Ebola can be highly fatal without treatment, with fatality rates up to 90%.
- The largest Ebola outbreak was in West Africa from 2014 to 2016, with over 28,000 cases.
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