WHO is working with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to control the Ebola epidemic, with more than 100 contacts of the deceased traced to date. A second person died this week in North Kivu province, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
The DRC Ministry of Health has deployed a team to the region and is tracing more than 100 contacts of the two women in the health zones of Biena and Katwa. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said at a briefing on Thursday that the UN health agency is working in coordination with the DRC government to prevent the spread of the disease.
Over the past year, two Ebola vaccines have been approved and distributed, including one from the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, which has also produced a Covid-19 vaccine that will require only one vaccine and can be stored at normal refrigeration temperatures.
Ebola is a haemorrhagic fever of viral origin that is spread through contact with bodily fluids. In extreme cases, it causes fatal bleeding from internal organs, the mouth, eyes or ears. The average mortality rate of Ebola is around 50%, but this can be as high as 90% in some epidemics, according to the WHO.
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