Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that the first two patients treated for Ebola in the Bulape health zone, Kasai Province, have fully recovered and been discharged from the local treatment center.
This was disclosed by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa on its X handle on Tuesday.
The milestone marks a significant step forward in the country’s ongoing fight against the virus, which re-emerged in the region earlier this month.
The recoveries were made possible through strengthened clinical care and rapid response measures introduced over the past week.
These efforts were supported by the Ministry of Health in DR Congo, with assistance from the WHO, Médecins Sans Frontières, ALIMA, and other humanitarian partners working on the ground.
“@MinSanteRDC—with support from @WHO, @MSF, @ALIMA_ORG and other partners—has accelerated response actions to improve the quality of clinical care over the past week.
“Appropriate control measures are being rolled out to curb the spread of the virus, save lives, and end the outbreak as quickly as possible,” WHO posted.
On September 4, health authorities in the DR Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province.
The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo comes at a time when much of Central and West Africa continues to grapple with overlapping health and humanitarian crises, including cholera outbreaks, malnutrition, and displacement.
The DR Congo’s last outbreak of Ebola virus disease affected the north-western Equateur Province in April 2022.
It was brought under control within three months, thanks to robust efforts by the health authorities. In Kasai Province, previous outbreaks of Ebola virus disease were reported in 2007 and 2008. In the country overall, there have been 15 outbreaks since the disease was first identified in 1976.
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