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The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that the number of confirmed cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in East Africa will soon reach 500.
Key takeaways:
- As of now, over 470 cases of Ebola fever have been recorded in East Africa.
- The WHO warns of the possible imminent number of 500 confirmed cases.
Ebola is Spreading Through East Africa: What is Known
According to the latest updated WHO data, 471 cases of the fever have been confirmed, with 82 people already deceased. This is reported by Sweden Herald.
The vast majority of cases are registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while only 19 patients have been confirmed in neighboring Uganda.
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The increase in the incidence rate over the last 24 hours has been sharp, and the outbreak may intensify.
According to estimates by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), without decisive public health measures, the current outbreak could be worse in scale than the Ebola epidemic that struck West Africa in 2014. At that time, over 11,000 people died from the fever, and the total number of cases reached 28,000.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola fever epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.