{"id":342940,"date":"2026-08-18T06:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/342940\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:22:26","slug":"ebola-i-kongo-kinshasa-varsta-utbrottet-i-landets-historia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/342940\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola i Kongo-Kinshasa \u2013 v\u00e4rsta utbrottet i landets historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a class=\"_link_1lr5y_108\" href=\"https:\/\/aftonbladet.se\/av\/nivette-dawod\" title=\"Nivette Dawod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Bild av Nivette Dawod\" class=\"_image_1lr5y_85\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/77bb26e6-6cd7-4dfb-95f8-88e89b85cf36.png\"  width=\"480\"\/><\/a> <img alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1jxax_84 layout-component layout-wide\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"4000\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11385274-0992-370c-880c-763ee6527c57.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" width=\"6000\"\/>  Foto: Dieudonne Dirole  \/AP\/TTVisa mer<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">2 325 personer har d\u00f6tt i ebola i Kongo-Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">Utbrottet \u00e4r nu det d\u00f6dligaste i landets historia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">Forts\u00e4tter smittan i samma takt riskerar den att bli v\u00e4rldens v\u00e4rsta utbrott.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">I s\u00f6ndags kom den dystra uppdateringen: Med 2\u00a0325 registrerade d\u00f6dsfall passerar det nuvarande ebolautbrottet i Kongo-Kinshasa tidigare m\u00f6rka rekord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Det \u00e4r nu det d\u00f6dligaste i landets historia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/democratic-republic-congos-ebola-outbreak-becomes-deadliest-countrys-history-2026-08-16\/\" class=\"_link_16k26_32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rapporterar nyhetsbyr\u00e5n Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Vid utbrottet 2018 till 2020 ber\u00e4knas totalt 2\u00a0299 personer ha d\u00f6tt till f\u00f6ljd av viruset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Samtidigt har ocks\u00e5 smittofallen \u00f6kat, och n\u00e4rmar sig snart 5\u00a0000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Just takten p\u00e5 smittan oroar landets myndigheter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Det utbrott som tidigare bed\u00f6mdes som d\u00f6dligast, som \u00e4gde rum i V\u00e4stafrika mellan 2014 och 2016, n\u00e5dde 1\u00a0000 d\u00f6dsfall p\u00e5 fem m\u00e5nader. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Den variant som sprids nu, bundibugyo, har orsakat 2\u00a0000 d\u00f6dsfall p\u00e5 knappt tre m\u00e5nader.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"_gallery_1f6gv_33\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li class=\"_item_1f6gv_64\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1rh6a_27 _articleGallery_1rh6a_43\" data-fullscreen- width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cdc03bd4-2465-35a9-b766-d87eb620baa8.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50% 50%;aspect-ratio:var(--gallery-aspect-ratio, 16 \/ 9)\"\/>Foto: Dieudonne Dirole  \/AP\/TT<\/li>\n<li class=\"_item_1f6gv_64\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1rh6a_27 _articleGallery_1rh6a_43\" data-fullscreen- width=\"5790\" height=\"3860\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/81467d13-170b-3444-9904-54620db6295c.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50% 50%;aspect-ratio:var(--gallery-aspect-ratio, 16 \/ 9)\"\/>Foto: Dieudonne Dirole  \/AP\/TT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Foto: Dieudonne Dirole  \/AP\/TT<\/p>\n<p> N\u00e4stan varannan d\u00f6r <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Antalet som d\u00f6r efter bekr\u00e4ftad infektion har ocks\u00e5 \u00f6kat, fr\u00e5n 20 procent i b\u00f6rjan av juni till 46 procent nu, enligt kongolesiska myndigheter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Det inneb\u00e4r att n\u00e4stan varannan person som smittas d\u00f6r av sjukdomen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">S\u00e5 brukar det inte vanligtvis se ut, s\u00e4ger folkh\u00e4lsospecialisten Thomas Parisch, som nyligen varit i Kongo-Kinshasa f\u00f6r L\u00e4kare utan gr\u00e4nser, till Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013\u00a0Normalt vid ett utbrott \u00e4r att antalet smittade som d\u00f6r sjunker n\u00e4r smittsp\u00e5rningen kommit ig\u00e5ng, och patienter hittas och behandlas tidigare. Nu ser vi i\u00a0st\u00e4llet att m\u00e5nga fall uppt\u00e4cks v\u00e4ldigt sent, n\u00e4r v\u00e5rden har s\u00e4mre m\u00f6jlighet att lyckas. M\u00e5nga fall identifieras f\u00f6rst efter att personen har d\u00f6tt, s\u00e4ger han.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Det betyder dock inte att viruset blivit mer d\u00f6dligt, utan handlar snarare om att \u00f6vervakning och smittsp\u00e5rning inte fungerar som det ska, uppger experter.<\/p>\n<p> Finns inget vaccin <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">V\u00e4rldsh\u00e4lsoorganisationen (WHO) f\u00f6rkunnade det nuvarande utbrottet den 15 maj, men smittan tros ha spridits i \u00e5tminstone tre m\u00e5nader innan dess, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgk4pex4mn8o\" class=\"_link_16k26_32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">skriver BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Kongo-Kinshasas svaga infrastruktur, och det faktum att ebolan sprids i rebellkontrollerade omr\u00e5den d\u00e4r misst\u00e4nksamhet mot institutioner \u00e4r stor, p\u00e5verkar ocks\u00e5. WHO bed\u00f6mer att sjukv\u00e5rdare endast n\u00e5r 30 procent av smittofallen.<\/p>\n<p> <img alt=\"WHO-chefen Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.\" class=\"_image_1jxax_84 layout-component layout-normal\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"1706\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a3cb00f-4f6c-3970-a819-68592349cc9d.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" width=\"2560\"\/>WHO-chefen Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Foto: WHO  \/AP\/TTVisa mer <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u00c4n s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge finns heller inget vaccin mot den nuvarande varianten av smittan. I\u00a0st\u00e4llet testar man vaccinet mot den variant som spreds fr\u00e5n 2014 f\u00f6r att se om det har n\u00e5gon effekt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">WHO-chefen Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus har varnat f\u00f6r att den nuvarande epidemin kan bli den v\u00e4rsta n\u00e5gonsin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013\u00a0I nuvarande takt \u00e4r det p\u00e5 v\u00e4g att \u00f6verstiga ebolautbrottet i V\u00e4stafrika 2014 till 2016, sa han f\u00f6rra veckan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">I det utbrottet dog \u00f6ver 11\u00a0000 m\u00e4nniskor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013\u00a0Vi jagar viruset, det \u00e4r ett steg f\u00f6re oss, har WHO:s Afrikachef Mohamed Janabi tidigare sagt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"color-accent label-medium _label_bv8db_22\">Fakta<\/p>\n<p>Det h\u00e4r \u00e4r Ebola<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_bv8db_65 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Ebola \u00e4r en virusinfektion som kan orsaka bl\u00f6darfeber. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_bv8db_65 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Viruset kommer sannolikt fr\u00e5n fladderm\u00f6ss. Det \u00f6verf\u00f6rs oftast till m\u00e4nniskor genom hantering av vilda djur, och sprids mellan m\u00e4nniskor sprids vid mycket n\u00e4ra kontakt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_bv8db_65 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Epidemin i Kongo-Kinshasa startade i februari, enligt V\u00e4rldsh\u00e4lsoorganisationens senaste bed\u00f6mning. Det betraktas som det snabbast v\u00e4xande i historien, och \u00e4r nu enligt landets myndigheter det d\u00f6dligaste. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_bv8db_65 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Det \u00e4r olikt de flesta tidigare ebolautbrott eftersom det kopplas till virusvarianten bundibugyo, mot vilken det saknas godk\u00e4nda vaccin eller behandlingar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_bv8db_65 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Experter s\u00e4ger att utbrottet i framf\u00f6r allt \u00f6stra delen av landet sprider sig snabbare \u00e4n m\u00f6jligheten att sp\u00e5ra och hantera det.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_4io5p_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_bv8db_65 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">K\u00e4lla: TT<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e4s mer     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foto: Dieudonne Dirole \/AP\/TTVisa mer 2 325 personer har d\u00f6tt i ebola i Kongo-Kinshasa. 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