Over 1,300 People Died From Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Since Last August - Health Ministry
More than 1,300 people have died from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August, the country's Health Ministry said
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 30th May, 2019) More than 1,300 people have died from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August, the country's Health Ministry said.
"The situation on Wednesday, May 29, 2019: a total of 1,945 cases (1,851 confirmed and 94 probable), 1,302 deaths and 512 cured persons," the ministry said on Twitter.
The Ebola virus is transmitted to humans from wild animals and is estimated by the World Health Organization to have a 50-percent fatality rate. Ebola is named after the DRC's Ebola River, near which the virus was discovered by Belgian microbiologist Peter Piot and his team in 1976.
The largest Ebola outbreak took place in West Africa in 2014-2015, with more than 11,000 people having died and some 28,000 cases having been reported.