JAKARTA - A total of 75 health workers involved in efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been infected with the virus, of which 17 have died.
"When the outbreak first occurred, health workers would be the first to be infected. So far, we have recorded 75 health workers infected with Ebola while carrying out their duties, and among them 17 people died. This figure shows that 20.46 percent of those infected died of the disease," said the WHO's Acting Director for Emergency Response in the African Region, Dr. Marie-Roseline Belizaire. reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Saturday, June 20.
Despite tightened public health measures, the outbreak continues to spread rapidly in Congo.
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The situation is evolving rapidly, with increasingly rapid transmission recorded in 33 health zones in three provinces.
According to the Ministry of Health of Congo, as of today, a total of 896 confirmed Ebola cases and 232 deaths have been recorded, while 78 patients have been declared recovered.
In May, the WHO designated the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda as an emergency status that could pose a risk to other countries. The UN health agency considered the risk of spread in the two regions to be high.
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