Butembo Treatment Center Cleared Of Ebola Patients After Being Hot Spot In DRC Outbreak

CIDRAP News: Butembo treatment center cleared of Ebola patients in DRC
“For the first time since September 2018, the Butembo Ebola treatment center is clear of the deadly virus, as the last two patients still being treated were just released, according to the Twitter feed of Ibrahima Soce Fall, MD, the World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general for emergency response. Butembo had been a hot spot of Ebola virus activity throughout the 14-month-long outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…” (Soucheray, 10/15).

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