WHO says 220 suspected Ebola deaths have been recorded in Africa

The director-general of the WHO (World Health Organization), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday (25) that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading faster than the response capacity, bringing the number of suspected deaths to 220.

In an online African Union briefing on the outbreak, Ghebreyesus said the delay in detecting Ebola cases means health workers are now "playing catch-up" and that the epidemic is likely to get worse before it gets better.

Tedros said he will travel to Congo - the epicenter of the outbreak - on Tuesday (26), accompanied by another senior WHO official responsible for health emergencies, Chikwe Ihekweazu.

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On Monday morning (25), Uganda, a neighboring country, reported two more cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven. Tedros said other countries bordering Congo are at high risk and must take immediate action.

The WHO has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.

Tedros said containing the rapidly spreading outbreak is complicated by the fact that the Congolese provinces of Ituri and North Kivu are extremely insecure and there are no approved vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus.

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Understand how the Ebola outbreak began
The first known suspected case was that of a healthcare professional, whose symptoms began on April 24, according to the WHO (World Health Organization). The person later died at a medical center in Bunia, capital of Ituri province.

On May 5, the WHO received an alert about an "unknown disease" with high mortality in the province, the agency said. Following an investigation by a "rapid response team" on May 13, the outbreak was confirmed as Bundibugyo virus on May 15.

Jeremy Konyndyk, former lead for Covid relief and disaster relief at USAID, said several "generations of transmission" must have gone undetected before the outbreak was confirmed, which he called a "huge problem."

On Sunday (17), the UN health body declared the epidemic a "public health emergency of international importance" and stated that the high positivity rate and the increase in the number of cases and deaths indicate "a potentially much larger outbreak".

WHO's Tedros Adhanon said this is the first time a director-general has declared such an emergency before convening the committee later on Tuesday (19).

Anne Ancia, WHO representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo, confirmed on Tuesday that the outbreak had also spread to North Kivu province, which directly borders Ituri, but added that there was still "significant uncertainty" about the actual number of infections.

What we know about the Ebola outbreak that the WHO has declared a global emergency

Source: CNN