The current trial focuses on confirmed Ebola patients receiving treatment inside specialised centres; next phase will include healthcare workers, close contacts and others at high risk of infection.
The AIR SUVIDHA 2.0 portal enables arriving international passengers to submit a mandatory online health self-declaration covering a 21-day travel history prior to immigration clearance.
A total of 100 people have recovered in the outbreak concentrated in the Ituri province since it was declared on May 15, Congo’s Ministry of Health said.
With 894 confirmed cases so far, the current outbreak is three times worse than a previous outbreak in Uganda in 2000, which had 281 cases at the same point.
