International Efforts Underway To Contain Deadly Ebola Outbreak

There have been 10 confirmed cases, 336 suspected cases including 88 deaths in the DRC. In Uganda, there have been two confirmed cases, including one death.

An international effort is underway to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

The outbreak has infected hundreds of people. There have been 10 confirmed cases, 336 suspected cases including 88 deaths in the DRC. In Uganda, there have been two confirmed cases, including one death.

On Sunday, the World Health Organization declared the Ebola epidemic a “public health emergency of international concern.” The outbreak does not yet meet the criteria of a “pandemic emergency,” but the organization warned the high positivity rate and increasing number of cases and deaths across health zones point toward “a potentially much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported.”

There are currently no approved treatments or vaccines specific to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.