North Kivu Ebola Cases Jump 73% as Ituri Outbreak Slows 26%
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Updated · Africanews English · Sep 27
North Kivu Ebola Cases Jump 73% as Ituri Outbreak Slows 26%
3 articles · Updated · Africanews English · Sep 27
Summary
North Kivu recorded a 73% rise in Ebola cases this month, overtaking Ituri as the outbreak’s main pressure point even as eastern Congo shows mixed signs of improvement.
Ituri, the outbreak’s previous epicenter, saw cases fall 26% over the same period, highlighting a geographic shift in transmission rather than a broad containment of the virus.
Mabalako General Hospital remains the only Ebola treatment point for its rural area, and North Kivu response officials said nearly all treatment centers are already full.
WHO visited Mabalako last week to bolster response capacity as officials push for each health zone to open isolation or Ebola treatment centers.
Cases are now spread across North Kivu from Beni to rural villages, raising the risk that limited care capacity will deepen the province’s outbreak.