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Attackers kill nurse, severely injure health worker responding to Ebola case in eastern Congo
WHO says misinformation fueled the attack, as other health workers sheltered under police guard and the Ebola response faced fresh disruption.
- A nurse was killed and a health worker severely injured on Saturday in Bafwasende, Congo, while responding to an Ebola alert, the World Health Organization reported.
- Responders face growing skepticism as some residents dismiss Ebola as a hoax, while widespread distrust of the government stems from chronic corruption and mismanagement of past outbreaks.
- The current outbreak is the deadliest in Congo's history, with health ministry data indicating more than 9,800 cases and more than 4,700 deaths recorded since May.
- WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned the attack, stating, "Everyone working to protect communities from this deadly disease must be able to work in dignity and safety."
- Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi announced on Sunday that Uganda tightened Ebola precautions, requiring citizens returning from Congo to quarantine for 21 days after cases emerged in Kenya and Nigeria.
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Health Worker Killed in DRC as Ebola Cases Approach 10,000
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, youths wielding machetes attacked two community health workers who were raising awareness of the Ebola outbreak in the country, killing one and wounding another. A local official said health workers in the area where the latest attack took place are sheltering at the general hospital under police guard. This is a U.N. spokesperson on the latest. Daniela Gross de Almeida: “These incidents highlight how v…
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