Ebola Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text=== 2018 Équateur province === {{Main|2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak}} On 14 May 2018, the World Health Organization reported that "the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 39 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of Ebola between 4 April and 13 May, including 19 deaths."<ref name="first 2018 DRC outbreak report">{{Cite web |title=WHO says 19 dead, 39 infected so far in Congo Ebola outbreak |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/who-says-19-dead-39-infected-so-far-in-congo-ebola-outbreak/ar-AAxfhX9?ocid=ientp |access-date=14 May 2018 |publisher=MSN}}</ref> Some 393 people identified as contacts of Ebola patients were being followed up. The outbreak centred on the [[Bikoro]], Iboko, and [[Wangata]] areas in [[Equateur]] province,<ref name="first 2018 DRC outbreak report" /> including in the large city of [[Mbandaka]]. The DRC Ministry of Public Health approved the use of an experimental vaccine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WHO planning for 'worst case scenario' over DRC Ebola outbreak |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/planning-worst-case-scenario-drc-ebola-outbreak-180511153458973.html |access-date=14 May 2018 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=19 dead in latest Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO |url=https://www.reuters.com/video/2018/05/14/19-dead-in-latest-congo-ebola-outbreak-w?videoId=426863714&videoChannel=118261 |access-date=14 May 2018 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 2018 |title=Update 1 – WHO gets approval to use Ebola vaccine in Democratic… |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/health-ebola-who/update-1-who-gets-approval-to-use-ebola-vaccine-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-idUSL5N1SL554 |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> On 13 May 2018, WHO Director-General [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] visited Bikoro.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WHO Director General visits Ebola-affected areas in DR Congo |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-05-2018-who-director-general-visits-ebola-affected-areas-in-dr-congo |access-date=14 May 2018 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref> Reports emerged that maps of the area were inaccurate, not so much hampering medical providers as [[epidemiologist]]s and officials trying to assess the outbreak and containment efforts.<ref>{{Cite web | vauthors = Yong E |date=21 May 2018 |title=Most Maps of the New Ebola Outbreak Are Wrong: Villages, and sometimes whole regions of the Congo, are misplaced – but the ministry of health and a team of cartographers are racing to get better data |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/most-maps-of-the-new-ebola-outbreak-are-wrong/560777/ |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> The 2018 outbreak in the DRC was declared over on 24 July 2018.<ref name=WHO2018DRCOver/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page