Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2018-05-17)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-05-17 11:03:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-05-17 12:00:00
Event type: Epidemic (Viral disease)

Activation reason:
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro in Equateur Province on 8th May 2018. As of 16 May 2018, a total of 44 Ebola virus disease cases (confirmed, probable and suspected) were reported, all of them at Bikoro and Mbandaka.

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Delineation products: 0
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Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

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How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2018-05-17). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a11b3d03-6b82-48f0-b8b2-d0225aa21167

Keywords

CEMS COD Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Service Democratic Republic of the Congo Emergency Management Epidemic Emergency EMSR285 Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR285]: Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2018-05-17)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-05-17
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR285
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a11b3d03-6b82-48f0-b8b2-d0225aa21167
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