Two infants die of Ebola in Congo orphanage as children emerge as vulnerable population

Two infants died from Ebola infection at an orphanage facility in Congo, with children comprising nearly 20% of outbreak cases.

In the eastern reaches of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak continues to claim lives, two infants at an orphanage have died — deaths that illuminate a troubling pattern: children now represent nearly one-fifth of all confirmed cases. The virus, which spreads through direct contact, finds particular advantage in the close quarters of congregate care, where the youngest and most defenseless cannot protect themselves and depend entirely on others to do so. These losses ask an ancient and urgent question of public health systems — how a society protects those who cannot protect themselves when resour

Two infants die of Ebola in Congo orphanage as children emerge as vulnerable population

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