Medicine:2021 North Kivu Ebola
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 Butembo, DRC | |
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| 6 deaths (12 cases) |
On 7 February 2021, the Congolese health ministry announced that a new case of Ebola near Butembo, North Kivu had been detected the previous day. The case was a 42-year-old woman who had symptoms of Ebola in Biena on 1 February 2021. A few days after, she died in a hospital in Butembo. The WHO said that more than 70 people who had contact with the woman had been tracked.[1][2]
On 3 May 2021, the 12th EVD outbreak was declared over, resulting in 12 cases and six deaths.[3][4] Heightened surveillance will continue for 90 days after the declaration, in case of resurgence.[3]
History
See also
- Western African Ebola virus epidemic
- Kivu Ebola epidemic
- Post-Ebola virus syndrome
References
- ↑ "New Ebola case detected in eastern DRC" (in en). https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/7/new-ebola-case-detected-in-eastern-dr-congo-health-ministry.
- ↑ "Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu – Democratic Republic of the Congo – 2021" (in en). 2021-02-15. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/outbreak-ebola-virus-disease-north-kivu-democratic-republic-congo-2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Communicable Disease Threats Report". 7 May 2021. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Communicable-disease-threats-report-8-may-2021.pdf.
- ↑ "Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over" (in en). 2021-05-03. https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/05/1091162.
Further reading
- "FDA approves an Ebola vaccine, long in development, for the first time". 20 December 2019. https://www.statnews.com/2019/12/19/fda-approves-an-ebola-vaccine-long-in-development-for-the-first-time/.
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