More than 1,000 deaths have now been confirmed in Congo's Ebola outbreak. APExplains why the outbreak is especially challenging, even as a promising experimental vaccine is being used widely for the first time.
in eastern Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the second-worst in history behind the West African one in 2014-16 that killed more than 11,300 people. Attacks on health workers are badly complicating efforts to contain one of the world’s most notorious diseases. At least 85 have been wounded or killed since January.
“An under-resourced operation creates a very real risk of an international spread of Ebola,” Nicole Fassina with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Saturday. A $54 million funding gap exists, the World Health Organization says.Ebola is a virus that can spread quickly and can be fatal in up to 90% of cases.
The virus is most often spread by close contact with bodily fluids of people exhibiting symptoms and with objects such as sheets that have been contaminated. Health care workers are often at risk, and burial practices that call for close contact with victims can spread the disease. An experimental Ebola vaccine has been effective, and WHO says a second one might be introduced. Congo’s health ministry says more than 110,000 people have been vaccinated, but some including health workers have refused it.Health workers call this the first Ebola outbreak to occur in what is essentially a war zone. Dozens of rebel groups are active in Congo’s northeast, killing hundreds of people in recent years. Attacks have led to a traumatized population that can be wary of outsiders.
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