The Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded 10,000 confirmed cases. According to Congolese Ministry of Public Health data released on Tuesday 27 October and reported by Al Jazeera, there are 10,060 confirmed cases and 4,887 deaths. The AP news agency also reports that the outbreak has exceeded 10,000 confirmed cases.
According to Al Jazeera, cases have been recorded in 66 health zones in eight provinces and around 80% of new cases are appearing outside the chains of transmission monitored by health authorities. Africa CDC considers that, for an outbreak to be deemed under control, at least 95% of cases must come from known contacts.
The outbreak was declared on 15 May and is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments. According to Al Jazeera, the WHO announced on Friday 23 the start of the first clinical trial of a vaccine. Response teams describe overwhelmed treatment centres and shortages of supplies and staff in remote areas.
The WHO reported that on Saturday 25 assailants killed a nurse and seriously injured a colleague while they were attending to a suspected case in Bafwasende, in Tshopo province, according to Al Jazeera.
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