The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Uganda have made progress, but warned that rising infections continue to outpace the response.
Africa CDC official Wessam Mankoula said laboratory capacity has expanded to more than 2,000 tests a day, clinical trials for Ebola treatments have begun, and Uganda has largely contained its outbreak through rapid detection and contact tracing. However, DR Congo has recorded 1,759 confirmed cases and 600 deaths.
Treatment centres are nearing capacity and ongoing insecurity is hampering response efforts, prompting calls for more resources, stronger surveillance and increased treatment capacity.
