Congo Ebola Outbreak Claims 80 Lives as Screening Intensifies
Authorities report at least 80 deaths in a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Health workers are urgently increasing screening and contact tracing efforts to contain the spread.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease on Saturday. Officials first announced the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases. In Ituri’s capital, Bunia, locals recounted their fears amid constant burials. “Every day, people are dying … and this has been going on for about a week. In a single day, we bury...