Ebola outbreak live updates: 5 patients have recovered, WHO chief says
Ebola outbreak live updates: 5 patients have recovered, WHO chief says
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the first recoveries of the outbreak Sunday at the opening of a new Ebola treatment center in Bunia.
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Five patients have recovered from the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Sunday from Bunia. The recoveries are the first confirmed since the outbreak began.
Tedros, who arrived in the Ituri provincial capital on Saturday, has also called on armed groups in eastern DRC to declare a ceasefire so health workers can reach affected communities, warning that “people are dying from Ebola who do not have to die.”
The WHO and DRC’s Ministry of Health say a total of 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths have been reported in the country, with 125 confirmed cases and 17 confirmed deaths. Uganda has reported nine confirmed cases and one confirmed death, at least three of which were linked to travel from DRC, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s May 29 update.
A Kenyan court has temporarily blocked the United States from setting up an Ebola quarantine facility in the country amid public health concerns. The U.S. had proposed using a 50-bed unit at a military air base in central Kenya for Americans who have been exposed to the virus but are still asymptomatic. A lawsuit argued the site could endanger public health, prompting a court to temporarily suspend the plans, which had been given written approval from the Kenyan government on Thursday.
The U.S. has now committed $112 million to the response, including an additional $80 million announced this week. Last week, the United States temporarily banned green card holders from entering the country if they had been in DRC, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days. U.S. citizens, nationals and green-card holders had previously been exempt from a 30-day ban. The CDC has said the current Ebola risk to the U.S. “remains low.”
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