The latest outlook for the new Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 49 and 2000 people are being treated for the virus, a number that has gradually increased in this country by 18 days.
Since the announcement of the new epidemic on 1 August, in the province of North Kivu, there have been 49 deaths from the 90 identified cases, according to the latest report of the "epidemiological situation" of the Congolese Ministry of Health
The Directorate-General for the control of the disease was well 22 deaths from the 63 cases confirmed by laboratory tests and 27 deaths probably due to ebola, due to an "epidemiological link" with the virus.
"The World Health Organization expects more cases, the transmission chains have been identified," a spokesperson, Tarik Jasarevic, from Geneva, told a press conference on Friday
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