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Barely released from its ninth epidemic of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, the Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a "fever" in the east of the country under badysis, health sources report. A doctor even mentions the figure of fifteen dead
An unidentified fever, 15 potential victims
In a statement Monday, July 30, 2018 in the evening, the Ministry of Health mentions " 25 cases of fever ] "in the region of Beni (North Kivu), without mentioning deaths. An on-site doctor spoke of " 15 deaths out of 26 cases ": " Patients come with vomiting, loose stools, nasal bleeding, and vomiting of blood. of inputs (equipment and drugs NDLR) to treat them and the staff is exposed to the contamination ", said to the AFP the doctor Alain Musondolya stationed in the rural commune of Mangina, to 30 km in the south- West of Beni.
" Samples have been collected and are being sent to Kinshasa for badysis by the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) ," the ministry said in its statement . " An investigation team from the General Directorate for the Control of Disease (DGLM), composed of three experts, including two epidemiologists and a biologist, will arrive in Beni as early as this Tuesday, July 31, 2018 ," he added. communicated. " The ministry invites the population in the areas concerned to remain calm, vigilant and to respect the hygiene measures, in particular the regular washing of hands ," the statement concluded. An official of Beni, Modeste Bakwanamaha, asked the population " to observe the rules of hygiene " and " not to manipulate the body of a person who died of this disease instruction issued during Ebola epidemics
COMMUNIQUE – Twenty cases of fever have been reported in the province of North Kivu. Samples are being sent to Kinshasa for badysis by the INRB.https: //t.co/TGoBULhdDE pic.twitter.com/17jq84pdB8
– Ministry of Health DRC (@MinSanteRDC) July 30, 2018
EBOLA . Kinshasa officially announced Tuesday, July 24, 2018 the end of the ninth epidemic of the Ebola virus disease on Congolese soil that killed 33 people for 54 cases in the north-west of the country. The outbreak was reported on May 8th. The DRC and its partners had prepared for the "worst case scenario" when the virus reached the city of Mbandaka and its 1.2 million inhabitants on 16 May, in direct contact with the capital Kinshasa via the Congo River. " In the beginning there was a strong concern that the disease could spread to other parts of the DRC, and to neighboring countries ", according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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