Ebola Outbreak Reaches Europe as Italy Reports Suspected Cases
TL;DR
Health authorities are investigating two humanitarian workers who returned to Italy from Uganda for possible Ebola infection; while not yet confirmed, they show symptoms consistent with the disease. The Bundibugyo variant currently causing the outbreak has a fatality rate of about 25–40% and no approved vaccine or specific treatment. The outbreak has prompted around 1,000 suspected cases and more than 230 deaths in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the WHO declaring it a public health emergency of international concern.
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