BREAKING: Ebola death toll SURGES as nurse KILLED by deadly disease

Monday, May 21, 2018
By Paul Martin

A NURSE has become the latest fatal victim of the Ebola outbreak ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, the nation’s health minister said.

By David Rivers
DailyStar.co.uk
21st May 2018

The nurse died in the town of Bikoro.

The fatality brings the death toll to 27 confirmed, probable or suspected deaths since the oubreak.

It comes as the African country today launches a vaccination programme in a bid to get to grips with the virus.

Health bosses have been on high alert since a case of the disease was confirmed in the Congolese city of Mbandaka, which the World Health Organisation estimates to have a population of 1.2million.

Last week a spokesman for WHO warned Daily Star Online the spread to an urban setting means it could mean a repeat of the 2014 outbreak that killed over 11,000.

He said: “The appearance of a confirmed case in Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million, is very concerning.

“WHO and partners are working together to rapidly scale up the search for all contacts of the confirmed case in the area.

“Controlling a virus once it has reached a large urban area is particularly challenging.

“The last big Ebola outbreak in 2014-15 showed the devastation that can occur when the virus gains a foothold in an urban setting.”

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