Global & Disaster Medicine

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared “largely contained” by the WHO.

July 1st, 2018

NY Times

  • More than 3,200 people were vaccinated in Congo

  • None of those vaccinated became ill

    53 cases that were laboratory-confirmed or considered “probable” had been detected, and 29 patients had died

    More than 1,500 contacts of the confirmed or probable cases had been followed for 21 days and had not displayed Ebola symptoms, the W.H.O. said. Three weeks is considered the maximum incubation period for the infection.

    The outbreak will not officially be declared over until at least one more 21-day incubation period has passed

    Vue partielle de l’Unité de virologie et de l'immunologie Moléculaires de l'Institut national de recherche biomédicale (INRB) de Kinshasa. OMS/Eugene Kabambi

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