"The United Nations' World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the outbreak has affected the Bulape and Mweka areas of Kasai province, with patients exhibiting typical Ebola symptoms, including fever, vomiting, diarrhea and hemorrhaging. The UN agency said it has sent experts to join the DRC's own response team to help rapidly strengthen disease surveillance, treatment and infection prevention and control in health facilities. It also said it would ship two tonnes of medical and lab supplies to the Central African country."
"We're acting with determination to rapidly halt the spread of the virus and protect communities, said Mohamed Janabi, the WHO's regional director for Africa. Banking on the country's longstanding expertise in controlling viral disease outbreaks, we're working closely with the health authorities to quickly scale up key response measures to end the outbreak as soon as possible. The Ebola outbreak is the 16th to hit the DRC, with the last coming in April 2022 in the northwestern Equateur province."
DRC faces a new Ebola outbreak in southern Kasai province with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths; figures remain provisional as investigations continue. The latest infection involves a 34-year-old pregnant woman. Cases have been reported in Bulape and Mweka, with patients showing fever, vomiting, diarrhea and hemorrhaging. WHO has deployed experts to support surveillance, treatment and infection prevention and control, and will ship two tonnes of medical and laboratory supplies. This marks the DRC's 16th Ebola outbreak; the previous outbreak in Equateur province ended after about six weeks in April 2022. Ebola was first identified in 1976, has bats as natural hosts, and has caused over 15,000 deaths with mortality up to 90% in some outbreaks.
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