Reports from the Word Health Organisation (WHO) reveal the following stats Total no. of cases
Total no. of deaths
Date
August 2018
March 2019
June 2019
January 2020
1016
2239
3421
634
1510
2242
https://www. mst. org/dre ebola outbreak crisis-update
https://www. who. int/ebola/situation reports/dro 2018/en/
1.1
State the taxonomic family to which the virus that causes EVD belongs
1.2
What TYPE of nucleic acid is found in the Ebolavirus?
(1)
1.3
What does the latest DRC outbreak have in common with the West
Africa outbreak of 2014-2016?
(1)
1.4
Calculate the percentage Increase in EVD cases between March and
June 2019. Show your calculations.
(2)
1.5
State the year in which the Ebola virus was first discovered.
(1)
1.6
Calculate the fatality rate (%) of the DRC outbreak for January 2020.
Show your calculations.
(3)​