RC: Ebola cases tripled in two weeks in the east, 14 dead

KINSHASA (© 2012 AFP) - Thirty cases of haemorrhagic fever Ebola killed 14 in two weeks in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, three times more cases compared to mid-August, according to the Organization World Health Organization (WHO).

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | 09:36 UTC

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© WTO / AFP / Archives Christopher Black. Picture taken 28 September 2007 by the WTO of a mobile laboratory dedicated to the fight against Ebola in DRC

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September 1, "a total of 30 cases were recorded, including 6 probable 17 suspects and seven positive to Ebola virus, with 14 deaths," said a WHO report, adding that 169 people have been contact with the victims were under surveillance.

In mid-August, nine deaths were recorded in 11 cases reported.

The epicenter of the epidemic is Isiro, in the Eastern Province (northeast), where 11 people died on 18 cases recorded...

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