Via Mediacongo.net: 76 cases of fever "Ebola" with 32 deaths in Haut-Uele to September 19. Excerpt from a Google translation, with some editing:
Seventy-six cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, including 32 deaths, have been recorded since the beginning of the epidemic in May 2012 in the Haut-Uele district (Orientale Province - Eastern DRC) as of 19 September, the Kinshasa Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported Wednesday.
Sixty-nine cases, including 31 deaths, were registered from 18 May to 11 September, specifically in the areas of health and Isiro Viodana, located in the health district of Haut-Uele. Twenty health professionals also contracted the disease and five have died so far.
Isiro is the epicenter of the epidemic, while the city of Viodana, located 75 km southwest of Isiro is considered a secondary source.
The International Coordinating Committee Technical and Scientific fighting against this epidemic in the district has recently estimated, after compilation and analysis of data, that the epidemic had started in May 2012. More than half of the reported cases occurred before the official declaration of the epidemic on 17 August.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) received $ 1.75 million to strengthen the fight against this epidemic.
