New Ebola treatment cures symptoms in just an hour

After researching the Ebola virus for over fifty years, Dr Jean Jacque Muyembe and his team have announced a new cure that has proved effective in curing 90% of Ebola patients when symptoms are reported early. Speaking to Focus on Africa’s Esau Williams, Dr Muyembe defines the discovery as “the achievement of a lifetime”.

Listen to the full BBC World Service report at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07kj5pw

(Photo: Dr Jean Jacque Muyembe. Credit: MATTHIEU ALEXANDRE/AFP/Getty Images

A further report can also be read at https://face2faceafrica.com/article/ebola-now-curable-thanks-to-congolese-doctor-behind-treatment-that-cures-symptoms-in-just-an-hour