DR Congo Diocese Issues Ebola Prevention Measures After Health Emergency Declaration

DR Congo Diocese Issues Ebola Prevention Measures After Health Emergency Declaration

The Catholic Diocese of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo has issued preventive measures to parish and religious communities following the declaration of an Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever outbreak as a “health emergency.” Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele had directed that all Catholic communities in the diocese observe strict preventive measures aimed at limiting the spread of the deadly virus.

Democratic Republic of Congo diocese issues Ebola prevention measures

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The Catholic Diocese of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has issued preventive measures to all Catholic parishes and communities following the declaration of an Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever outbreak as a “health emergency.”In a communiqué issued May 18, the chancellor of the diocese said Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele had directed that all Catholic communities in the diocese observe strict preven…