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 centre.
This was disclosed by the World Health Organisation 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.
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.
Meanwhile, the global health body said an initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine from the country’s stockpile of 2,000 doses pre-positioned in the capital, Kinshasa have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.
It said additional doses will be delivered to the affected localities in the coming days.
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