BREAKING: World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a global health emergency.
The last time the WHO declared a global emergency related to Ebola was in August 2014, during the West Africa epidemic, the world's deadliest.
Throughout that epidemic, which lasted from 2014 to 2016, at least 28,000 suspected cases of Ebola were reported, and more than 11,000 people died, according to the . The vast majority of cases were in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. But cases also stretched into Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.. The vaccine is now being used to help control the spread in Congo by vaccinating health care workers and people who have been in contact with Ebola patients, as well as the contacts of those contacts.is spread through contact with blood and other bodily fluids.
There is no cure for Ebola. Doctors use supportive fluids and electrolytes to help counter the side effects of high fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
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