A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded

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Source: AP

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. Uganda later reported one death in an Ebola case it said was imported from neighboring Congo.

The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones, the Africa Centres for Disease Control ​and Prevention said in a statement.

The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can be contracted through bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.

“Four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases. Suspected cases have also been reported in Bunia, pending confirmation,” the agency said, referring to the capital of Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.

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"Make Ebola great again" - Bobby Brainworn

All sarcasm aside, the last Ebola outbreak was largely contained during the Obama administration thanks to USAID.

Thanks to the ketamine addled DOGE guy that is no more.

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1. 116 million people - with a median age of 16

One of humanity's great modern failures (among so many others), is having failed to prevail among the good Congolese to widely adopt birth control - for their own good.

High birth rates, is one of the top 2 or 3 reasons very poor countries stay very poor.

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3. Fortunately, the fertility rate is steadily dropping

still too high, but decreasing.

[BaronChocula]

2. Terrible

And the odds of it coming here increased back in Nov '24.