Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak

OK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I SWEAR BUT THE DRC JUST HIT OVER EIGHT THOUSAND CASES OF EBOLA AND ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND DEATHS WHICH IS A FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT FATALITY RATE IN THE WORST OUTBREAK IN THE COUNTRY’S HISTORY AND THE THING IS THERE IS NO APPROVED VACCINE OR TREATMENT FOR THIS BUNDIBUGYO STRAIN AND THERE IS ALREADY A COMPLETE SHORTAGE OF EXPERIMENTAL DOSES IN TSHOPO PROVINCE WHILE CLINICS IN ITURI HAVE LOW TREATMENT CAPACITY AND IT IS SPREADING AMID WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE AND BORDER CONFLICTS AND PUBLIC ANGER IS SO INTENSE THAT A RULING PARTY OFFICIAL WAS BEATEN TO DEATH IN BUTEMBO AFTER TALKING ABOUT PREVENTION ON THE RADIO AND THE WHO SAYS THIS COULD SURPASS THE 2014 WEST AFRICA EPIDEMIC WHILE THE US PLEDGES TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD A TWO BILLION DOLLAR GOAL.

THE GROUP CHAT IS LOSING IT OVER THIS AND EVERYBODY THINKS WE HAVE A SIMPLE FIX FOR IT BUT THE THING IS THERE IS ACTUALLY NO APPROVED VACCINE OR TREATMENT FOR THIS SPECIFIC BUNDIBUGYO STRAIN AND THE CONGO HAS NOW REPORTED OVER EIGHT THOUSAND CASES AND ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND DEATHS SINCE MAY WHICH IS A FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT FATALITY RATE AND ITURI PROVINCE HAS LOW CAPACITY AT HEALTH CENTRES WHILE TSHOPO HAS A COMPLETE SHORTAGE OF EXPERIMENTAL SHOTS AND IN BUTEMBO RESIDENTS LITERALLY BEAT A RULING PARTY OFFICIAL TO DEATH JUST FOR GOING ON THE RADIO TO TALK ABOUT PREVENTION WHICH SHOWS HOW INTENSE THE COMMUNITY ANGER AND MISTRUST ARE AND THE WHO SAYS IT IS ON TRACK TO BEAT THE MASSIVE 2014 OUTBREAK WHILE THE US IS PUTTING UP TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD A TWO BILLION DOLLAR TARGET TO STOP IT.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded over 8,000 Ebola cases and nearly 4,000 deaths in its worst outbreak yet, driven by an unapproved strain, conflict, and community mistrust.

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