WHO Reports 390 New Ebola Cases in DRC, Uganda as Confirmed Toll Tops 534
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Updated · abcnews.com · Jun 8
WHO Reports 390 New Ebola Cases in DRC, Uganda as Confirmed Toll Tops 534
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Jun 8
Summary
390 additional confirmed Ebola cases and 74 deaths were reported in the DRC and Uganda since May 29, with WHO saying the outbreak has accelerated sharply.
Better testing and diagnosis helped drive the jump, which more than tripled the previously confirmed caseload rather than signaling only newly emerging spread.
515 confirmed cases and 91 deaths were recorded in the DRC as of June 6, with infections spread across 25 health zones and some detected hundreds of miles from the Ituri epicenter.
More than 5,000 contacts are being traced in the DRC, and at least 16 healthcare workers have been infected; Uganda's confirmed cases rose by 10 to 19.
WHO rates transmission risk as very high in the DRC and high in neighboring countries, while keeping the risk to the rest of Africa and the world low.