The World Health Organisation said there has been a significant reduction in the number of new Ebola virus disease cases and deaths reported in Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last weeks, according to its latest weekly bulletin.
The WHO says that while observed declining trend is positive and encouraging, it is still too early to make any conclusions.
According to the WHO, as of 8 June 2019, there have been a total of 2,056 Ebola cases while 1,962 confirmed and 94 probable cases have been reported.
A health worker was among the new confirmed cases reported on Saturday bringing the total number of health workers affected by the virus to 112.
The current Ebola outbreak, which has killed 1,384 people, is the 10th in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the disease was identified in 1976.
It is the worst on record after an epidemic that struck three African countries between 2014-2016, leaving more than 11 300 people dead.
Efforts to tackle the crisis have been hampered both by militia attacks on treatment centres, in which some staff have been killed, and by the hostility of some local people to the medical teams.
The WHO says there have been many initiatives and efforts to step up the response to the outbreak in the past weeks despite the prevailing risk factors in communities in affected areas.
“While still being aware of the prevailing risk factors in the communities, it is anticipated that these initiatives and intensified efforts will turn the tide on the ongoing high levels of transmissions of infections,” the WHO said in its latest bulletin.
The WHO also urged national authorities and all stakeholders to maintain implementation of effective public health measures to end the outbreak.
