{"id":877096,"date":"2025-10-12T00:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/new-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-suspected-of-causing-15-deaths\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T00:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:22:48","slug":"new-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-suspected-of-causing-15-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/new-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-suspected-of-causing-15-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo suspected of causing 15 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Infrared thermometers ready to be distributed by the United Nations organization UNICEF after an outbreak of Ebola in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 21, 2018.
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AP<\/span> \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 <\/cite>A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is suspected of causing 15 deaths among 28 people with symptoms, the health ministry in the central African country said Thursday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the 16th outbreak of Ebola in Congo, and Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said the fatality rate, estimated at 53.6 percent, showed the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n

The confirmed case was of a 34-year-old pregnant woman in the locality of Boulap\u00e9, in southern Kasai province. Research on the suspected cases was ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo date, the provisional report shows 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including 14 in Boulap\u00e9 and 1 in Mweka, as well as four health care workers,\u201d Kamba said.<\/p>\n

The suspected cases and deaths presented symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea and heavy bleeding.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization said it dispatched its experts alongside Congo\u2019s Rapid Response Team to Kasai province to strengthen disease surveillance, treatment and infection prevention and control in health facilities. It is also delivering supplies including personal protective equipment, mobile laboratory equipment and medical supplies.<\/p>\n

Congo has a stockpile of treatments and of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine, WHO said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re acting with determination to rapidly halt the spread of the virus and protect communities,\u201d said Dr. Mohamed Janabi, WHO regional director for Africa.<\/p>\n

The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can be contracted through bodily fluids such as vomit, blood, or semen. The disease it causes is a rare but severe \u2014 and often fatal \u2014 illness in people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Infrared thermometers ready to be distributed by the United Nations organization UNICEF after an outbreak of Ebola in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 21, 2018. Junior D. Kannah\/AFP\/Getty Images\/File AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is suspected of causing 15 deaths among 28 people with symptoms, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":877097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23228,22340],"tags":[14228,7056],"class_list":{"0":"post-877096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ebola","8":"category-outbreak","9":"tag-ebola","10":"tag-outbreak"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}