Besides Ebola, which has already caused over 5,300 deaths in more than 10,400 cases in five months, "the DRC is also facing its worst cholera epidemic in decades, with more than 60,000 cases and 1,800 deaths recorded since the beginning of the year," warned the WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press conference in Geneva. "Most cases come, as with Ebola, from the two eastern provinces of the DRC—North Kivu and South Kivu—but what is concerning is that cases are now being reported along the Congo River basin, which means that the disease could spread to Kinshasa," in the west of the country, he added. "I think it will be very important to give special attention to vaccination campaigns," especially in the eastern part of the country, Tedros emphasized. #RDCongo #Cólera #Epidemias (translated)








