Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo, Fatality Rate Up to 50% According to Authorities
剛果民主共和國爆發伊波拉疫情,其病毒株致死率高達50%且尚無疫苗或特定療法,已造成80人死亡。
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The Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Samuel-Roger Kamba, stated today that the latest Ebola virus outbreak in the country involves a strain with a fatality rate of up to 50%. He confirmed that there is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for the Bundibugyo virus strain. Authorities earlier reported that the outbreak in the northeastern Ituri province has already caused 80 deaths.