Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are recording an increase in new Ebola cases, Congolese radio station Okapi reported, citing health authorities in the African country.
According to their data, in the Mambasa region, in eastern DRC, about 20 new cases of infection have been recorded every week over the past three weeks, the media reported. The fight against the disease is made difficult by the lack of space in health centers and logistical problems.
Since the beginning of the epidemic in Mambasa, 127 cases of Ebola have been reported, of which 57 have been fatal. So far, 11,042 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the DRC, with 5,387 deaths.