Africa CDC calls crisis meeting as virus spreads
The Africa CDC is convening an emergency meeting to address a spreading Ebola outbreak involving the rare Bundibugyo strain. Infections have been reported in the DRC, Uganda, and Nigeria, prompting international health coordination.
Why it matters
The emergence of a rare, untreatable strain of Ebola across multiple African nations poses a significant threat to regional public health and global containment efforts.
African health officials will hold a crisis meeting as the Ebola outbreak spreads from Congo to neighboring countries and beyond. The "extraordinary virtual meeting" will convene on October 28.
https://p.dw.com/p/5OX3E Nations in three regions across Africa have now registered Ebola infections with no end to the outbreak in sight Photo/picture alliance Advertisement Africa's Center for Disease Control (CDC) late Wednesday announced that it would convene an "extraordinary virtual meeting" of national health officials as the continent's latest Ebola outbreak continues to spread.
More than 9,500 people have been infected since the virus was first confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in May. Nearly half of those infected have died.
The Africa CDC announcement followed news on Tuesday that the virus had spread to Nigeria, arriving with a woman who had returned from Uganda earlier in the month.
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