Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives
Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stoppedlist 2 of 3DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a livinglist 3 of 3Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arriveend of listDeclared in mid-May, it is the DRC’s 17th Ebola epidemic and was designated a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), its highest alert level, also covering neighbouring Uganda.
The update on Sunday came as Pope Leo called for international action to help contain the epidemic, which is now the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the DRC’s history.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 5,515 confirmed cases of infection and killed 2,642 people, with 51 new cases detected in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, according to the latest government figures.
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