The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another
- On May 25, locals attacked Mongbwalu hospital overnight demanding the body of a deceased Catholic religious leader, with young men storming the facility four times on May 24 and forcing medical staff to evacuate Ebola patients as gunfire rang out.
- Hastily arranged burials have sparked suspicion in a region already distrustful of the state, as traditional burial practices involve loved ones touching corpses and organizing mourning rituals that increase contamination, civil society leader Jean Marie Ezadri of Ituri told AFP last week.
- The outbreak now totals over 900 suspected cases and more than 220 deaths, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday, involving the rare Bundibugyo strain with no vaccine or treatment available in a region where clinics run on generators.
- Trust is almost as important as health response because massive community distrust prevents people from seeking care at health centers, said Heather Kerr, country director for International Rescue Committee in Congo, while unknown numbers of health workers have been infected.
- Ituri's isolation—poorly served by roads and ravaged by decades of armed conflict—compounds response challenges, and Red Cross volunteers' deaths in March potentially indicate the outbreak began weeks earlier than the late April first confirmed death.
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The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another.
Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces a double threat.
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Ebola Patients Flee In Attacks On Congo Health Facilities, Hobbling Response
Medical Director of Mungwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu speaks to Reuters next to the burned remains of a destroyed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency isolation tent. — Reuters Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads rapidly. At least three such inc…
BUNIA- Every time Vanny Birungi, a Red Cross volunteer in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, takes to the streets as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak, he faces a double threat at a time when the number of suspicious cases is approaching a thousand.The first threat is the rare type of Ebola Bundibugyo, for which there is no vaccine or treatment.The second is the anger and distrust of the…
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