Kinshasa, Sept. 28 -- The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed 42 people out of 64 recorded cases, local health authorities said Saturday, as the United Nations (UN) called for "global-scale prevention."Of the 64 cases registered as of Sept. 26, including 53 confirmed and 11 probable, 42 deaths were reported, 31 of them among confirmed cases, said Bazin Pembe, provincial minister of communication and media, as cited by local media.
The outbreak was declared on Sept. 4 by the Congolese government, which is the 16th Ebola outbreak in the DRC since the virus was first discovered in 1976.
Kasai is among the most fragile regions of the country, facing a weak health system, li...