Catholic priest infected with Ebola in Congo
The current outbreak of Ebola is spreading in Democratic Republic of
Congo as a Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected
with the virus.
According to health officials in Congo, he was infected in the town
of Mbandaka. “We have quarantined a priest from the diocese of
Mbandaka-Bikoro who tested positive” for the Ebola virus, a medical
source told AFP.
DRC health officials launched a small, targeted vaccination campaign
this week to help rein in the latest Ebola outbreak in the country,
which so far has claimed 27 lives. Kinshasa announced on May 8 that
there had been cases of the notorious haemorrhagic fever in a remote
northwestern district called Bikoro.
According to a World Health Organization count, 58 cases have been
identified since early April. It was not possible to establish on
Thursday whether the priest was among them. Meanwhile, UNICEF said
Thursday it was committed to helping schools and children in the fight
against the spread of the virus.
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