Ebola deaths top 1,700 in eastern Congo
New data suggests the death toll of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has topped 1,700, with health officials struggling to track the disease and identify how the outbreak began. As of Tuesday, the virus has killed 1,707 out of a total 3,802 cases, the Associated Press reported — citing a government update. Africa…
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New data suggests the death toll of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has topped 1,700, with health officials struggling to track the disease and identify how the outbreak began.
As of Tuesday, the virus has killed 1,707 out of a total 3,802 cases, the Associated Press reported — citing a government update.
Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said the government is still unable to predict when the outbreak will peak, according to the AP.
He said that contact tracing — tracking those who are infected after being around a person with a confirmed case of Ebola — is “not working,” making it difficult to fully measure the outbreak’s trajectory.
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