Scare as 2,000 die in Democratic Republic of the Congo as a result of ebooks outbreak

The number of people who have died from Ebola during a year-long outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has now climbed above 2,000.

The figure was 2,006 on 28 August, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The number of confirmed and probable cases has passed 3,000.

The WHO said the DRC has been grappling with the world's second largest Ebola epidemic on record since the outbreak was declared last August.

The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) said continued high levels of distrust mean that many Ebola patients in the DRC are delaying or avoiding going to health facilities.

"For the treatments to work, people need to trust them and the medical staff who administer them. This will take time, resources and a lot of hard work," said Dr Emanuele Capobianco, the IFRC's director of health and care.

The organisation said this reluctance significantly decreases the chance of survival, even with access to the newest treatments and dramatically increases the risk that the virus will spread to family members and other carers.

"We are asking people to leave the safety of their homes when they fall sick to go to an isolated cell in an Ebola treatment centres where their lives are in the hands of complete strangers," Mr Capobianco said.


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