Kenya records nine confirmed Ebola cases, says Africa CDC
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beto
Africa CDC is calling for flexible funding, medical supplies and trained teams after an Ebola case was confirmed in Nigeria. Kenya had nine confirmed cases, including one death, by 20 October, while the DRC had recorded 9,552 cases and 4,602 deaths, according to Africa CDC and its epidemiological bulletin.
Kenya had recorded nine confirmed Ebola cases, including one death, by 20 October, as Africa CDC intensified its response in the country and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first Kenyan patient, a man who had lived in the DRC, died on 5 October in Nairobi, according to Radio Okapi, citing Africa CDC.
The African agency is calling for immediate and flexible funding, as well as medical supplies, diagnostic capacity, trained teams and strengthened community surveillance. Its director-general, Jean Kaseya, believes the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has become one of the most geographically widespread and cites a mortality rate close to 50% in the DRC, according to Radio Okapi.
In the DRC, the toll recorded as of 18 October stood at 9,552 cases and 4,602 deaths. Nord-Ubangi became the eighth affected province on 19 October, while the city of Beni observed a day-long shutdown to raise public awareness.
The regional spread comes after the confirmation of a first case in Nigeria on 20 October and calls for Jean Kaseya’s international mobilisation. In May, African leaders announced the mobilisation of $500 million to limit the spread of the outbreak.
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