Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has now killed at least 930 people in just over two months, and health officials cannot track where most new infections are coming from. Congo's Ministry of Health reported 2,344 confirmed Ebola cases as of Saturday, with 37 new deaths recorded in a single 24-hour window, one of the highest single-day […] The post Congo's Ebola death toll hits 930 as outbreak outpaces every one on record appeared first on American Almanac .
Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has now killed at least 930 people in just over two months, and health officials cannot track where most new infections are coming from. Congo's Ministry of Health reported 2,344 confirmed Ebola cases as of Saturday, with 37 new deaths recorded in a single 24-hour window, one of the highest single-day tolls since the crisis began. The ministry's statement, issued overnight into Monday, offered a grim snapshot of a disease spreading faster than the government or international agencies can contain it. The outbreak was declared on May 15 in eastern Congo. In roughly nine weeks it has become, by multiple accounts, the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. The pathogen responsible is the Bundibugyo…Open
Transportation Security Agency officers have called out of work or quit after weeks of not getting paid during a partial government shutdown. ICE agents have begun to fill their roles.
The confirmation comes as airports nationwide are experiencing a TSA staffing shortage because workers are not being paid amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which began Feb. 14.
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The strain on airport security is beginning to be felt, with staffing shortages becoming a problem as an increasing number of unpaid employees call out sick or quit altogether. More than 350 TSA officers have left the force since the shutdown began in mid-February, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Amid an ongoing partial government shutdown, unpaid TSA workers are bracing for a spring break travel rush, and travelers should expect extended wait times. NewsNation's Xavier Walton has the report. #TSA #Travel #DHS Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
