Bungled tests mar DRC Ebola responsefrom JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRCKINSHASA, (CAJ News) – THE United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) has revised down the death toll from the Ebola outbreak northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The downward revision follows some discrepancies that saw some deaths initially falsely attributed to the deadly fever, while some cases were negative laboratory tests. WHO has revised down the number of cases from 58 to 52 and the number of deaths from 27 to 22. “This is the total record of haemorrhagic fever cases reported in the region as of May 23,” WHO spokesman, Tarik Jasarevic, said. “So the numbers can sometimes go up or down and it depends on tests and epidemiological investigations.”The Ebola outbreak was declared on May 8 in Bikoro, a town 600 km north of the capital Kinshasa.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 28, 2018 06:00 UTC