Residents Burn an Ebola Center in Congo as Fear and Anger Grow over the Outbreak
Health officials said the outbreak has already caused 160 suspected deaths and may be far larger than reported.
- On Thursday, protesters set fire to an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara, Congo, after authorities prevented them from retrieving the body of a local man who died from the virus.
- Strict health protocols aimed at curbing contagion clash with local burial customs, a tension Deputy Senior Commissioner Jean Claude Mukendi acknowledged when he noted youths did not understand burial regulations.
- Six patients receiving treatment from the Alliance for International Medical Action were safely evacuated during the attack, while authorities report 148 suspected deaths and nearly 600 suspected cases across the region.
- Democratic Republic of Congo spokesperson Patrick Muyaya condemned the attack, warning that misinformation fuels mistrust, as confirmed cases have now reached neighboring Uganda.
- The World Health Organization has declared the growing crisis a public health emergency of international concern, identifying the Bundibugyo virus as the pathogen driving the outbreak.
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Locals set Ebola clinics on FIRE and reject aid for 'magic' amid panic over 'phantom coffin that brings instant death'
Unruly protestors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have set Ebola clinics on fire amid widespread panic over a so-called "phantom coffin" that instantly kills people. On Thursday, locals near Rwampara Hospital set fire to two medical tents after the family of a young man killed by the disease attempted to take his corpse from the facility "by force", local politician Luc Mambele revealed.After authorities refused to hand over the body, …
The Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo. New regions are reporting cases, the neighboring country Uganda is stopping all flights. Riots have occurred in a hospital.
Residents burn Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak
People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain.
Protesters set fire this Thursday in a health center that treated Ebola patients in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where two hospital tents were destroyed by flames, a local politician told CNN.
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