Kinshasa: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared the end of its 16th Ebola outbreak. Congolese Health Minister Roger Kamba announced that 53 confirmed cases, 43 deaths, and 11 probable cases were recorded in connection with the outbreak, noting an overall positive trend in the fight against the virus.
According to Qatar News Agency, Kamba highlighted that for 45 consecutive days, no new confirmed cases have been recorded. He explained that 27,000 people were vaccinated, including 4,000 who worked directly with those infected with the virus. Despite the end of the Ebola outbreak, the Central African nation continues to battle outbreaks of cholera and monkeypox.
The Ebola outbreak had previously resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 people between 2018 and 2020 in eastern Congo.