Children under five face death rate exceeding 60% in Ebola cases
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WHO data shows children under five have the highest case fatality rate at over 60%, compared with approximately 40% among adults. Detecting cases in young children is difficult because they cannot explain their symptoms and symptom presentation can be confusing.
“While cases and deaths are declining in some provinces, they continue to rise in others. The outbreak is still not under control and remains spread across a wide geographic area.”
Marie Roseline Belizaire, WHO regional emergency director for Africa · rss ↗World Health Organization Global health authority monitoring outbreakMarie Roseline Belizaire WHO regional emergency director for AfricaAnne Ancia WHO representative in CongoCatherine Smallwood WHO Ebola incident managerRoger Kamba Congo Health Minister
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Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases have surged 73% over three weeks.
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