Aid Supplies Reach Heart of Congo's Ebola Outbreak as WHO Head Travels to Kinshasa
The European Union sent protective gear and medicines as Congo reported more than 1,000 suspected cases and 220 deaths, officials said.
- On Thursday, a cargo plane delivered European Union-donated medical supplies, including masks, gloves, boots, and medications, to Bunia, Congo, addressing critical shortages at the outbreak's epicenter.
- The Congolese government has confirmed more than 1,000 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo virus with at least 220 deaths since the outbreak began on May 15.
- Violence from the Allied Democratic Force and attacks on health centers in Ituri province have hindered containment, as residents protest medical protocols conflicting with local burial rites.
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus traveled to Congo on Thursday, while the United States increased its financial commitment to more than $112 million.
- Amid the broader humanitarian crisis with at least 7 million displaced in eastern Congo, Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said, "We are trying to catch up," calling it "a race against the clock.
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On the way to Kinshasa, the head of WHO assured the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), affected by a new outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, that they were not "alone", calling for action "now" and "together" to overcome it.
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Boston HeraldAid supplies reach heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa
Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.
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Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa
Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.
Aid supplies reach heart of DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak
Aid workers are rushing supplies to the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus while beleaguered medical personnel struggle with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and armed groups in a volatile region. A cargo plane with aid donated by the European Union delivered masks, gloves, boots and medications – all of which are in short supply – to the northeastern town of Bunia at the heart of th…
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