PakNews: Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47

Sunday, 19 August 2018

Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47

Over 2,000 people have been potentially exposed to the virus that began in North Kivu province, but the violence means officials cannot be sure if they have identified all the chains by which it is spreading in the east of the vast country. Congo's Health Ministry said confirmed and probable cases numbered 87 in total, including 47 deaths. Health workers "have a huge amount of work to do to follow up on these contacts, to continue the investigations and the active search for cases, as well as to prepare the ground for the vaccination teams," the ministry said in a statement late on Friday.