As the world battle with the Corona virus pandemic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling more than just the virus; the country currently has 8,443 COVID-19 confirmed cases with 194 deaths and 4,335 recoveries. However the Ebola virus epidemic is still ravaging the country.
DR Congo declared that the ‘Second-Deadliest Ebola Outbreak’ which claimed more than 2,200 lives had ended on the 26th of June, 2020; but new cases sprang up at Equateur Province in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo.
So far, there are now 56 cases and out of the 56 cases, there are 22 deaths. An emergency vaccination campaign is underway in the province. Residents of the town of Mbandaka recently received vaccination against Ebola as the epidemic spreads across the province.
This outbreak is the eleventh of the Ebola viral disease in the DR Congo. Between 2018 till date, the Central Africa’s largest nation has faced not only an Ebola epidemic, but also a measles epidemic, including the endemic malaria. Cases of polio and cholera have also been reported.
