Ebola deaths in DRC surge past 1,300 as virus ‘spreading like a wildfire’
Nairobi, Kenya – The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surged above 1,309, an extraordinary rise of more than 40 percent in just five days, government figures show, as a leading public health consultant says the virus is “spreading like a wildfire”.
Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘There’s no salary’: DRC health workers tell of hardship as Ebola spreadslist 2 of 3Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo surges above 1,000list 3 of 3Ebola death toll in DR Congo surpasses 1,000end of listThe unprecedented rate at which cases are increasing and deaths are mounting has made the DRC epidemic the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak ever documented.
Abdulsalami Nasidi, a public health consultant who helped establish the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Union’s public health agency, told Al Jazeera the lack of a proven vaccine meant the virus was “spreading like a wildfire.
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