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Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 4,000 cases
Hundreds of Ebola response workers have struck over $510 monthly wages as confirmed cases top 4,000 and aid teams face disruptions.
- Wiza Bondele, a 29-year-old infection control worker, continues reporting to an Ebola treatment hospital in Ituri province despite receiving no salary since mid-May, disinfecting contaminated areas among hundreds of unpaid health workers.
- The fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record is linked to the Bundibugyo virus, for which no approved vaccines or treatments exist; delayed detection allowed more than 500 suspected cases to spread between mid-January and May 15.
- Bondele has not received his promised $510 monthly salary; even colleagues who were paid report incomplete amounts. After running out of fuel on his motorcycle, he walked 13 kilometers to work with shoes that fell apart.
- Hundreds of Ebola response workers in Bunia staged strikes and protests in recent weeks, abandoning health facilities and disrupting care. Dr. Adelard Lufungula, operations manager for the government's Ebola response, said last month that workers would be paid through mobile money.
- Confirmed cases have reached 4,053, including 1,850 deaths, making this the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. Cases span five provinces, with Ituri accounting for nearly 90% of all infections.
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In mid-May, DR Congo confirmed an outbreak of Ebola. Since then, the number of cases of the disease has increased.
·Borås, Sweden
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One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he’s doing it unpaid
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
·Toronto, Canada
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One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid
Wiza Bondele works at an Ebola treatment hospital in eastern Congo, risking his life without pay since the outbreak began in May.
·New York, United States
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