BREAKING: Confirmed Outbreak of New Ebola Strain Hits DR of Congo. At least 70 Dead

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The Congo on Sunday confirmed two deaths from Ebola in the country, but claims that the virus is different from the outbreak recorded in West Africa.

[link to twitter.com]

KINSHASA, Congo - Two Ebola deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the health minister of the Central African country said Sunday.

Felix Kabange Numbi said that two of eight samples from the northwest Equateur province came back positive for the deadly disease.

Numbi said Congolese officials believe Ebola had killed 13 people in the region, including five health workers. He said 11 people were sick and in isolation and that 80 contacts were being traced.

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thanks for the link

its a bad thing that its different strain, it would just make the outbreak more versatile and powerful. if its not related, what is the carrie of this new strain and it could be moving around .birds bats etc

UPDATE 1-Congo declares Ebola outbreak in northern Equateur province

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WHO says at least 70 people have died in northern DRC from an outbreak of an Ebola-like illness.

[link to www.democracynow.org]

16 dead a couple of days ago... Whatever it is, it's spreading quick

Will land in Brussels in 3, 2, 1...

Congo is among the most chaotic African country

This is bad news

I think the world could be experiencing THREE different outbreaks of Ebola simultaneously:

1. Sudanese strain
2. Zaire strain
3. A mixture between the Sudanese and the Zaire strain

Yes and I find this highly suspicious if you ask me.

It's either engineered or... Ison lol

"This data represents the first comprehensive genetic analysis for a representative isolate of the Sudan species of Ebola virus. The genome organization of the Sudan species is nearly identical to that of the Zaire species, but the presence of a gene overlap (between GP and VP30 genes) and a longer trailer sequence distinguish it from that of the Reston species. "

[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]



"The mortality rate was 88 percent in Zaire and 53 percent in Sudan (the Zaire subtype is the most deadly)"

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"Ebolo-Zaire has an 89% mortality rate and Ebola-Sudan has 41%-65%."

The current mortality rate is 55%, using numbers supplied by the WHO. Keep in mind tho that even the WHO itself said the numbers are probably far off.

Thank you.

My understanding is that each strain can have different characteristics, correct? For example, one strain could be airborne while the others are not?