By Martha Noelle Effoudou - 19/09/2012
The epidemic continues to spread in the north-east of the country, but the World Health Organization (WHO) reassures the disease will be curbed
Democratic Republic of Congo has been 32 deaths related to Ebola. This is the latest report published on Tuesday 18 September 2012 by the World Health Organization (WHO). At the beginning of September, a cumulative total of 72 cases of Ebola were recorded of which 14 cases were confirmed positive after laboratory analysis, 32 cases were probable and 26 suspected cases and 32 deaths were recorded.
Also, there were 23 health workers as part of infected people, five of whom died, and 215 people who had contact with patients under supervision. For Dr. Léodégal Bazira, WHO Representative in Kinshasa today, the analysis of the situation shows that the epidemic appears curbed its epicenter in Isiro and that there were more new cases infection among health personnel .
Now controls the infection begin to bear fruit. These measures must be strengthened and supported to the declaration of the end of the epidemic to prevent the spread of the epidemic , he adds. In a country that has already experienced eight episodes of Ebola, the last illness was recorded on September 14. It would be a premature baby born in the isolation center Isiro (main focus of the epidemic), a mother infected with Ebola virus. A rare case as Ebola and pregnancy are almost incompatible , noted after birth, the Minister of Health, Dr. Felix Kabange Numbi.
While waiting for my ladie is dammed virus continued to claim victims
It is mid-August that the state was declared an epidemic in the Eastern Province (northeast), however, the International Committee of fight against Ebola conducted a retrospective research dating back to May. WHO also indicates that active investigation is underway epidemiology to identify all possible chains of transmission of the disease and ensure that appropriate measures are taken immediately to stop transmission and stop the epidemic.
If the Ministry of Health of the DRC, WHO, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC-Atlanta) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working closely to fight against the disease, Ebola, it leaves little chance of survival to those who face. Identified for the first time in 1976, killing between 50 to 90% among the patients concerned. It triggers fever, internal bleeding, vomiting, and diarrhea.There is no treatment or vaccine to treat patients. Worse, the Ebola virus is highly contagious. Can be contracted by being in contact with bodies, by body fluids, or by contact with blood.
Central Africa is that the virus makes regular appearances. Countries most affected by the disease are the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, Sudan, Gabon and Congo. Central Africa has been hit by at least fifteen outbreak since the virus first appeared. In July, the virus is also reappeared in Uganda, killing 17 people. http://www.journalducameroun.com/article.php?aid=12257
