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More than 2,700 people have died since May, making it the African nation’s biggest outbreak, with frontline conditions described as ‘brutal’
More than 2,700 people have died since May, making it the African nation’s biggest outbreak, with frontline conditions described as ‘brutal’A doctor from the medical charity Alima is unable to save a patient from Ebola at a hospital in Rwampara in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this week.
Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York TimesEbola, most common in sub-Saharan Africa, is a rare but severe illness that can be caught from wild animals. The disease is caused by different viruses mostly associated with fruit bats. The rise in diagnosis and medication for ADHD is dividing medical opinion. What do Irish experts think?
I Am Not an Alcoholic: The anger never lasted long - but the consequences didA person can also become infected if they touch bodily fluids, such as semen, saliva, blood, urine or vomit, of an infected individual. Three viruses are known to cause large outbreaks: Ebola virus, Sudan virus and Bundibugyo virus. The outbreak in the DRC was caused by the Bundibugyo virus.
The average fatality rate is about 50 per cent, but rates have varied from 25 to 90 per cent in past outbreaks, according to the World Health Organisation. The current outbreak is the 17th such outbreak in the DRC and became the largest in the country’s history last month, with cases surpassing the previous worst outbreak that occurred from 2018 to 2020.
Efforts to contain the spread of the virus have had limited success, with many healthcare workers contracting the virus while treating patients.
“The outbreak is growing faster and wider than the Ebola response,” Julien Harneis, the United Nations’ senior Ebola co-ordinator, said last week, describing conditions facing frontline workers as “brutal”. Médecins Sans Frontières has called for better training for health workers and community leaders on case detection, as well as improved infection prevention and control measures within communities.
However, the DRC government requested access to Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Co-ordinating Group on Vaccine Provision. The group earlier this month confirmed 70,000 doses of the vaccine would be released initially, with 50,000 doses for frontline workers and 20,000 for patients in a clinical trial.
The WHO said it was “not known whether Ervebo may be protective against the Bundibugyo virus in humans”, but early laboratory and animal data suggest it may provide “some protection”. Two US citizens who contracted Ebola in DRC received treatment in Germany in recent weeks, according to the European Centre for Disease Control .
“Although there are still significant gaps in surveillance and epidemiology, the likelihood of infection for people living in the European Union/European Economic Area is considered to be very low,” the ECDC said. I’ve had many arguments with my husband - but this was the first wearing a harness Blindboy unmasked: ‘The thing I’m most afraid of is having to work in an office... so now I work in an office’MOST READMean Girls show cancelled mid-performance after power cut at Bord Gáis Energy TheatreGalway Races Ladies’ Day: ‘Colour and style just adds to everything that’s happening on the track’‘Your father’s playing golf in Doonbeg,’ Hennessy goes. ‘While the cat’s away, the mice will fornicate’
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