WHO describes spread And barriers to seeking care

Sep 28

Democracy Now reports more than 8,000 confirmed Ebola cases and WHO confirmation of spread to two additional northern DRC regions. Tedros explains that the absence of readily available vaccines and treatment discourages people from coming to isolation centers, while saying trials are advancing. No successful trial result is announced.

Democracy Now reports more than 8,000 confirmed Ebola cases and WHO confirmation of spread to two additional northern DRC regions. Tedros explains that the absence of readily available vaccines and treatment discourages people from coming to isolation centers, while saying trials are advancing. No successful trial result is announced. CCTV's September 29 account quotes a September 28 DRC Health Ministry report giving 8,067 confirmed cases, 3,901 deaths and spread to 63 health zones in seven provinces. It relays WHO's warning that transmission remains high and the affected area is expanding. These are attributed ministry totals, adding numerical detail to Democracy Now's earlier threshold report without replacing its account of barriers to treatment. TV Brasil's September 29 brief reports more than 8,000 cases and roughly 3,900 deaths, calls it the country's largest outbreak according to WHO, and emphasizes access to treatment and medicines. It recalls a vaccine shipment for trials to a province in the previous week. It supplies neither a successful trial result nor evidence of broad vaccine availability, preserving the distinction in Tedros's earlier account.