The colliding epidemics of COVID-19, Ebola, and measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date
2020
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing
major public health challenges due to a confluence
of major outbreaks of Ebola virus disease, measles,
and COVID-19.1–4 The tenth Ebola outbreak in
eastern DR Congo began on Aug 1, 2018, and as of
May 28, 2020, there have been 3406 Ebola virus disease
cases with 2243 deaths. The Ebola virus disease outbreak
was well controlled in northeast DR Congo following
a multisectoral response, but four new confirmed
Ebola cases were detected in northwest DR Congo on
June 1, 2020, and an outbreak response is underway.4
Additionally, the DR Congo has been burdened with
recurrent measles outbreaks: 13 3802 cases in 2011,
88381 cases in 2013, and 311471 cases in 2019.2
The
first confirmed case of COVID-19 in DR Congo was
diagnosed on March 10, 2020, and the government
declared a state of emergency on March 24, 2020. A
national multisectoral response committee instituted
lockdown in the capital, Kinshasa, the epicentre of the
epidemic in DR Congo, in which daily confirmed cases
now average 100. As of June 16, 2020, 4777 COVID-19
cases with 106 deaths have been reported from the DR
Congo.
Description
CITATION: Nachega, J. B. et al. 2020. The colliding epidemics of COVID-19, Ebola, and measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lancet Global Health, doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30281-3.
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The original publication is available at https://www.thelancet.com
Keywords
COVID-19 (Disease), Ebola virus disease, Morbilli virus (Measles virus), Epidemics -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Citation
Nachega, J. B. et al. 2020. The colliding epidemics of COVID-19, Ebola, and measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lancet Global Health, doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30281-3.