NewzProfessor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, one of the co-discoverers of the Ebola virus, stated in an interview with EFE that the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be contained within three to four months.
Speaking on September 20, Muyembe cautioned that authorities must wait at least that timeframe before officially declaring an end to what is the country's seventeenth Ebola epidemic.
The assessment from a leading figure in Ebola research provides a professional timeline for halting the spread of the virus in the affected region, highlighting the ongoing public health challenge posed by recurring epidemics in the DRC.
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