Congo Ebola Cases Top 10,000 as 4 Countries Report Infections
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Updated · Reuters · Oct 27
Congo Ebola Cases Top 10,000 as 4 Countries Report Infections
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Oct 27
Summary
Congo's confirmed Ebola caseload reached 10,060 on Tuesday, with deaths rising to 4,887, according to the public health institute.
The outbreak, driven by the rare Bundibugyo species, was announced in mid-May and has become Congo's largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic, overtaking the 2018-2020 outbreak.
Kenya has reported 9 cases after a traveler from Congo died in Nairobi, and Nigeria last week became the fourth African country to record an Ebola case.
Uganda, which logged 20 mostly imported cases in May and June before being declared Ebola-free in August, now plans 21-day quarantine for returning citizens with Congo travel history.
The epidemic is now the second-largest and second-deadliest on record after West Africa's 2014-2016 outbreak, heightening fears of wider regional spread.