صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
Kinshasa– The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced the registration of more than3500 infectionsWith the Ebola virus in less than three months, the death toll is the highest since the major outbreak between 2018 and 2020, amid warnings of the difficulty of containing the epidemic due to the continuing armed conflict and the fragility of the health infrastructure in the east of the country.
Official data issued on Friday showed a recording3532 infections and 1556 deathsSince the announcement of the seventeenth wave of the virus outbreak inMay 15, 2026This exceeds the total number of infections recorded during the largest previous wave, which infected about 3,500 people and killed about 2,300 others.
The spread of the virus is concentrated in five provinces in the east of the country, led byIturi Prefecture, which alone takes over90 percentOf the total number of infections, according to World Health Organization data.
The health sector faces great challenges in containing the outbreak, as the crisis coincides with an armed conflict that has been ongoing for decades and weakness in health services, which impedes the access of medical and humanitarian teams to the affected areas.
The security situation also became more complicated after the killing of more than30 civiliansDuring recent days in attacks attributed to thegroup “Allied Democratic Forces”This doubles the risks facing health response teams.
The spread of the virus also extends toprovinces North KivuAndSouth KivuOther areas are witnessing security unrest, in light of the continued activity of armed groups.
The Ebola virus is a dangerous viral disease that is transmitted through direct contact with infected people or their bodily fluids. It causes severe hemorrhagic fever, and has claimed the lives of more than15 thousand peoplein Africa during the past decades.
The current wave is increasingly difficult to control due to the lack of a vaccine or approved treatment for thestrain “Bundibugyo”Currently widespread, although international research continues to develop new vaccines. In this context, laboratoriesHellmanIn Singapore, a program has been launched to develop a vaccine specifically for this strain, while the University of Oxford has begun testing a new vaccine that adopts technology similar to Covid-19 vaccines.
On the other hand, neighboring Uganda announced the end of the Ebola outbreak within its territory, but the World Health Organization warned of the continued risk of cross-border transmission of the infection, in light of the continued spread of the virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source:“My press”
