Ebola and the DRC

Image from 2012 Ebola outbreak in Uganda. Photo Credit: By U.S. Centers for Disease Control - This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #19940 Public Domain

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s public health institute, puts Ebola cases at 8,067 and deaths at 3,901. From those numbers we get a fatality rate of 48.4 percent and this right here makes everybody and anybody worry and stress that lives in every part of the world are at risk.

The Ebola disease is caused by an infection with an orthoebola virus which is found primarily in sub Africa and that place has right now the worst outbreak in the country’s history.

The place where all this is happening and the place where the disease is spreading rapidly is in Butembo. Butembo is in north Kivu province, which is a really bad hotspot where the Ebola outbreak is spreading.

And people, from what I know, the time when all of this madness happened is September 23 2026. That's  when doctors treated a patient who had Ebola which means its spreading around the world now as we speak.

Ebola spreads through direct contact with body fluids of an infected person or through contaminated objects and surfaces. However, the measures that are meant to limit the spread, such as regular hand washing and social distancing, are not followed at the artisanal mining sites where work to extract gold is done by workers using basic hand tools like shovels and pans, with many of the mines making efforts to invade local authorities.

I know now about Ebola from what I read. It's heart breaking to know this and I hope they come up with a cure for the people out there really quick, like yesterday. I thank God  it's not spreading over here and I hope the best for everyone.