2026-05-17 07:16 UTC
There’s the sheer number of suspected cases in the Ituri Province in DRC which is already well above 200 with 80 deaths, the high number of positive cases in tested samples (at least 8 out of 13), the fact that health care workers have been affected and now a confirmed case in Kinshasa.
https://www.science.org/content/article/major-outbreak-rare-ebola-virus-species-northern-congo-alarms-scientists
Replies (2)
-
@kakape@mas.to 2026-05-17 07:16
„In addition, two laboratory confirmed cases (including one death) with no apparent link to each other have been reported in Kampala, Uganda, within 24 hours of each other, on 15 and 16 May 2026, among two individuals travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo“
-
@proscience@toot.community 2026-05-17 07:17
@kakape@mas.to Absolutely terrible, and too few political "leaders" care.