Korea battles Congo Ebola with $500,000
The Republic of Korea will
provide humanitarian assistance of half a million dollars to the World Health
Organization (WHO) to help respond to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak
affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces
since August 2018.
As of April 2019, the cumulative
number of Ebola cases was 1,107 including 695 deaths, a case fatality rate of
nearly 63%.
Of 695 deaths, 58% were women and
29% were aged below 18, the most vulnerable groups.
This outbreak marks the tenth EVD
epidemic in the DRC.
Only a few months after the country
declared the end of the ninth outbreak in Equateur province in May 2018, it
relapsed into this lingering epidemic which has been on for almost 10 months –
which is why the international community’s engagement and support are all the
more needed.
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