MSF staff tests positive as Congo Ebola cases top 8,000
A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member tested positive for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola while working on the response in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is being evacuated to the Netherlands under a strict medical protocol coordinated with DRC and Dutch authorities. Government data show confirmed cases in the ongoing outbreak now total 8,067 with 3,901 deaths, making it the largest and deadliest in Congo's history and second only to the 2014-2016 west African outbreak. MSF said it provides high protection but acknowledged that exposure risk cannot be entirely eliminated.
Confirmed Ebola cases in DRC exceeded 8,000 with 3,901 deaths.
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The outbreak in the DRC has grown past 8,000 confirmed cases. An MSF worker tested…
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