2021 North Kivu Ebola

2021 North Kivu Ebola
Butembo, DRC
Casualties
6 deaths (12 cases)

On 7 February 2021, the Congolese health ministry announced that a new case of Ebola near Butembo, North Kivu had been detected the previous day. The case was a 42-year-old woman who had symptoms of Ebola in Biena on 1 February 2021. A few days after, she died in a hospital in Butembo. The WHO said that more than 70 people who had contact with the woman had been tracked.[1][2]

On 3 May 2021, the 12th EVD outbreak was declared over, resulting in 12 cases and six deaths.[3][4] Heightened surveillance will continue for 90 days after the declaration, in case of resurgence.[3]

History

Timeline of Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) since 1976
V・T
Date		CountryMajor locationOutbreak informationSource
StrainCasesDeathsCFR
Aug 1976ZaireYambukuEBOV31828088%[5]
Jun 1977ZaireTandalaEBOV11100%[6][7]
May–Jul 1995ZaireKikwitEBOV31525481%[8]
Aug–Nov 2007Democratic Republic of the CongoKasai-OccidentalEBOV26418771%[9]
Dec 2008–Feb 2009Democratic Republic of the CongoKasai-OccidentalEBOV321445%[10]
Jun–Nov 2012Democratic Republic of the CongoOrientaleBDBV773647%[6]
Aug–Nov 2014Democratic Republic of the CongoTshuapaEBOV664974%[11]
May–Jul 2017Democratic Republic of the CongoLikatiEBOV8450%[12]
Apr–Jul 2018Democratic Republic of the CongoÉquateur ProvinceEBOV543361%[13]
Aug 2018–June 2020Democratic Republic of the CongoKivuEBOV3,4702,28066%[14]
June–Nov 2020Democratic Republic of the CongoÉquateur ProvinceEBOV1305542%[15]
Feb 2021–May 2021Democratic Republic of the CongoNorth KivuEBOV12650%[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Ebola case detected in eastern DRC". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu – Democratic Republic of the Congo – 2021". European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  3. 1 2 "Communicable Disease Threats Report" (PDF). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over". UN News. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  5. ↑ Report of an International Commission (1978). "Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Zaire, 1976". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 56 (2): 271–293. ISSN 0042-9686. PMC 2395567. PMID 307456.
  6. 1 2 "Years of Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks". www.cdc.gov. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Heymann, D. L.; et al. (1980). "Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Tandala, Zaire, 1977–1978". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 142 (3): 372–76. doi:10.1093/infdis/142.3.372. PMID 7441008.
  8. ↑ Khan, A. S.; Tshioko, F. K.; Heymann, D. L.; Le Guenno, B.; Nabeth, P.; Kerstiëns, B.; Fleerackers, Y.; Kilmarx, P. H.; Rodier, G. R.; Nkuku, O.; Rollin, P. E.; Sanchez, A.; Zaki, S. R.; Swanepoel, R.; Tomori, O.; Nichol, S. T.; Peters, C. J.; Muyembe-Tamfum, J. J.; Ksiazek, T. G. (1999). "The reemergence of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. Commission de Lutte contre les Epidémies à Kikwit". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179 Suppl 1: S76–86. doi:10.1086/514306. ISSN 0022-1899. PMID 9988168.
  9. ↑ "Outbreak news. Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo--update". Releve Epidemiologique Hebdomadaire. 82 (40): 345–346. 5 October 2007. ISSN 0049-8114. PMID 17918654.
  10. ↑ "WHO | End of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo". www.who.int. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Congo declares its Ebola outbreak over". Reuters. November 15, 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus" (PDF). World Health Organization. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo: Disease outbreak news, 25 July 2018". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "DR Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak declared over". BBC News. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "UNICEF welcomes end of Ebola outbreak in the Equateur Province of the DRC". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "European Centre for Disease Prevention and Contro" (PDF). COMMUNICABLE DISEASE THREATS REPORT Week 18, 2-8 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

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