Is Zambia Safe: Ebola Outbreak: DR Congo Confirms 2 Deaths

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say two people have died from Ebola in the country’s north-west.

They are the first reported Ebola cases outside West Africa since the outbreak there began, although it is not clear if they are directly linked to that outbreak.

So far 1,427 people have died from the virus.

The speed and extent of the outbreak has been “unprecedented”, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

An estimated 2,615 people in West Africa have been infected with Ebola since March.

There is no known cure but some affected people have recovered after being given an experimental drug, ZMapp. However, supplies are now exhausted.

Also on Sunday, a British health worker infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone was flown back to the UK on an RAF jet. It is the first confirmed case of a Briton contracting the virus during the current outbreak.
BBC

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7 Responses to Is Zambia Safe: Ebola Outbreak: DR Congo Confirms 2 Deaths

MIstaken Identity! Reply

August 25, 2014 at 9:16 am

HH must be number in Zambia!
te Reply

August 25, 2014 at 10:16 am

Zambian are not immuned to EBOLA especially that facts that some of you also eat monkey meat.
uko Reply

August 25, 2014 at 11:31 am

And the UPND is on record sa having condemned the government for freight restriction from countries effected with ebola.Now most of the countries have followed.Where is your vise president pls.What is his position now?
dorika Reply

August 25, 2014 at 3:31 pm

Ba tumfweko, what has cifwaka in a dirty man’s mouth got to do with ebola? Put a different picture or remove it completely.
zambian to the bone! Reply

August 25, 2014 at 3:34 pm

Ba Tumfweko; There u go again! What has the cigarrate and it’s smoke plus smoker got to do with Ebola? Learn to choose your pictures carefully! or consult qualified people b4 u do! The impression is very unusual for the “occassion!”
avery Reply

August 25, 2014 at 7:49 pm

zambians are coverd with the blood of jesus christ.we shall never have ebola.
mubanga Reply

August 25, 2014 at 7:55 pm

the God of abraham will not let ebola come in zambia for we covered with the blood of Jesus.