Despite a recent vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus that has proven effective in 97.5 percent of cases,according to World Health Organization data, a massive Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1100 people since August of final year, or mainly due to politics as well as ongoing violence in the region.
As of Tuesday,1720 cases of Ebola has been diagnosed in the DRC, with 1136 resulting in death, and according to health journalist Helen Branswell reporting via her Twitter account,making the outbreak the moment worst in history. In fact, Branswell reported, and in the three weeks from April 22 to May 12,there were 343 “confirmed” cases of Ebola — which alone would have been the fourth-worst Ebola outbreak ever. On Tuesday of this week, 15 recent cases and 12 Ebola deaths were reported, and there were indications that the outbreak was spreading south.
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Source: inquisitr.com