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Nearly 1,400 People Died From Ebola Outbreak in DRC Over 1 Year - Health Ministry

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Nearly 1,400 People Died From Ebola Outbreak in DRC Over 1 Year - Health Ministry

00:35 GMT 11.06.2019 (Updated: 11:09 GMT 24.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / Carl de Souza A file picture taken on August 14, 2014 shows Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) medical staff wearing protective clothing treating the body of an Ebola victim at their facility in Kailahun.

A file picture taken on August 14, 2014 shows Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) medical staff wearing protective clothing treating the body of an Ebola victim at their facility in Kailahun. - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Almost 1,400 people have died from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August, the country's Health Ministry said Monday.

"The situation on Monday, June 10, 2019: a total of 2,062 cases (1,968 confirmed and 94 probable), 1,390 deaths and 569 cured persons," the ministry said on Twitter.

Health workers carry the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus and left in the street - Sputnik International

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Ebola Epidemic in DRC Out of Control as Death Toll Rises – MSF

7 March 2019, 10:41 GMT

The Ebola virus is transmitted to humans from wild animals and is estimated by the World Health Organization to have a 50-percent fatality rate. Ebola is named after the DRC's Ebola River, near which the virus was discovered by Belgian microbiologist Peter Piot and his team in 1976.

The largest Ebola outbreak took place in West Africa in 2014-2015, with more than 11,000 people having died and some 28,000 cases have been reported.