2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak

This article is about the Ebola virus outbreak in Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2018. For the second Ebola outbreak in DRC in the same year, see Kivu Ebola epidemic.

2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak
Initial case: 8 May 2018[1][2]
Declared over: 24 July 2018[3]
Location of the Province of Équateur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Location of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa
Confirmed cases38[4]
Probable cases16[5]
Deaths33[5]

The 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak occurred in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from May to July 2018. It was contained entirely within Équateur province, and was the first time that vaccination with the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine had been attempted in the early stages of an Ebola outbreak,[6] with a total of 3,481 people vaccinated.[7][8][9] It was the ninth recorded Ebola outbreak in the DRC.[7]

The outbreak began on 8 May 2018, when it was reported that 17 people were suspected of having died from EVD near the town of Bikoro in the Province of Équateur.[10] The World Health Organization declared the outbreak after two people were confirmed as having the disease.[1][11] On 17 May, the virus was confirmed to have spread to the inland port city of Mbandaka, causing the WHO to raise its assessment of the national risk level to "very high",[12][13] but not yet to constitute an international public health emergency.[14] The WHO declared the outbreak over on 24 July 2018, with 33 confirmed deaths.[15][16][3]

Subsequent to the end of this outbreak, the Kivu Ebola epidemic commenced in the eastern region of the country on 1 August 2018;[17] it was declared over on 25 June 2020 with 2,280 deaths recorded.[18] A further separate outbreak in the Province of Équateur was announced on 1 June 2020 by the Congolese health ministry, described as the eleventh Ebola outbreak since records began.[19] This eleventh outbreak was declared over as of 18 November following no reported cases for 42 days,[20] having caused 130 cases and 55 deaths.[21]

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  3. ^ a b "Ebola outbreak in DRC ends: WHO calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country". World Health Organization. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ "EBOLA RDC - Evolution de la riposte de l'épidémie d'Ebola au Vendredi 13 juillet 2018". us13.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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  7. ^ a b "Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola Virus Disease - External Situation Report 17: Declaration of End of Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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  11. ^ "New Ebola outbreak hits Africa as 2 cases confirmed in Congo". CBS News. Associated Press. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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  14. ^ "Ebola in DR Congo 'not yet global crisis'". BBC News. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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  16. ^ "Media Advisory: Expected end of Ebola outbreak". ReliefWeb. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in eastern province". Reuters. August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  18. ^ "10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over; vigilance against flare-ups and support for survivors must continue". WHO. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  19. ^ "New outbreak declared in Equateur province". Médecins Sans Frontières. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  20. ^ "For the first time since 2018, there is no active Ebola outbreak in the DRC". U.S. Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  21. ^ "UNICEF welcomes end of Ebola outbreak in the Equateur Province of the DRC". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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