Ebola: Young doctor dies treating patients in DR Congo

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The Ebola illness has claimed the beingness of a young doctor, Marie-France Shogogo, successful Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Director-General of Africa Centre for Disease Control, CDC, Jean Kaseya, announced the improvement successful a station connected X.

Kaseya stated that the young doc died aft contracting the microorganism portion treating patients successful Beni, a metropolis successful eastbound DRC.

He besides said that the doc was among the wellness workers connected the frontline warring the outbreak.

The decease of the doc has raised concerns astir the information of wellness workers arsenic they conflict the deadly virus.

DAILY POST reports that Beni is 1 of the areas successful DR Congo that has recorded cases of Ebola successful caller years, with galore deaths reported.

Health authorities successful DR Congo person called for much enactment and protective instrumentality for wellness workers to forestall further deaths.

Meanwhile, the Africa CDC said it is moving with the DR Congo authorities to incorporate the dispersed of the virus.

Ebola: Young doc dies treating patients successful DR Congo

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