The number of suspected Ebola cases has dropped by hundreds as testing ramps up

The size of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has dropped by hundreds of cases as epidemiological testing is ramping up and tests have shown no disease.

Tuesday, a representative of the World Health Organization confirmed to Reuters that the Congolese authorities are reporting 437 cases in the DRC, including 321 confirmed cases and 116 suspected cases. That’s a big difference with the number of cases The WHO issued it on Fridaywhich totaled 1,041, including 135 confirmed cases and 906 suspected cases. At the end of the week, the director of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, also wrote that. and op-ed that there were more than 1,100 suspected cases.

The death toll has also been brought down to 48 confirmed deaths. On Friday, the WHO reported 241 deaths, including 18 confirmed cases and 223 suspected cases.

Asked for details on the number of suspected cases and deaths, WHO representative Christian Lindmeier told reporters at WHO headquarters in Geneva that some cases “have been cleared and they have other diseases or they just have malaria and nothing else.”

The suspected cases were among those who went to the hospital and were known to have symptoms similar to Ebola, which can begin with symptoms that are not recognized as flu, such as fever and pain. Confirmed cases are those that have tested positive for the virus.

On Tuesday, the number of cases in Uganda changed again, in this case, to rise. The neighboring country reported six new cases among those previously confirmed. This is bringing a lot to Uganda 15 confirmed casesincluding one death.