As of May 30, 263 confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in the \u200bDemocratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the \u200cdirector-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya said.<\/p>\n
More than 1,100 suspected cases \u200bare being investigated, and 43 people \u200bare confirmed to have died as a \u2060result of the rare Bundibugyo strain of \u200bEbola, Kaseya said in an FT op-ed published \u200bon Sunday.<\/p>\n
Kesaya said national incident systems must be activated rapidly, and investments \u200bin pandemic preparedness must become permanent<\/p>\n
International partners \u200bplay an essential role, but their support matters most when \u200cit \u2060aligns with strategies that are built by African institutions and African governments, he said<\/p>\n
The Ebola outbreak – the 17th in Democratic Republic of \u200bCongo and \u200bthe third-largest \u2060since Ebola was discovered half a century ago – is\u00a0outpacing\u00a0the global \u200bresponse<\/p>\n
Health officials and aid workers\u00a0say they \u200black\u00a0even \u2060basic supplies such as masks after the outbreak spread was\u00a0undetected for weeks<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization has \u2060declared \u200bthe outbreak in the \u200bDRC and Uganda a\u00a0public health emergency\u00a0of international concern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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