BEIJING — A team of Chinese health experts will depart for the Democratic Republic of Congo this week to help fight an Ebola outbreak in the west central African nation. This made China the third country, after the United States and Russia, with a vaccine available to combat Ebola, according to the State Drug Administration. Health experts in Congo have located more than 1,000 people who have had contacted with the infected patients, and more than 680 have received Ebola vaccinations, the Associated Press reported. Ebola is a sever illness in humans, with fatality rates that have varied from 25 percent to 90 percent in past outbreaks, according to the WHO. Gao, from the Chinese CDC, said China will intensify cooperation with African nations to help them better cope with infectious disease prevention and control.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 06, 2018 04:52 UTC