A Cameroonian doctor victim of an attack at the hospital

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 19 (Reuters) – A hospital at the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed a Cameroonian doctor and injured several others. announced Friday the mayor of the city.

Two separate attacks on Thursday and Friday targeted the Butembo City Hospital, one of the places where the most important Ebola epidemic in history is spreading to its the fastest pace since its declaration last August, said Mayor Sylvain Kanyamanda.

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed on Twitter that one person had died and that others had been injured at the hospital. He did not identify the deceased.

"It's a very sad day," wrote Tedros. "Health workers work tirelessly to save lives Health workers are #NotATarget."

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks or whether there were any Ebola patients inside the hospital.

A series of attacks has hit Ebola treatment centers since February, accelerating the spread of the virus. Most of the badailants have not been identified, but it is believed that they include both local militia members and community members who are wary of response efforts.

The Ebola outbreak in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, in eastern Congo, reportedly killed 843 people and infected more than 450 people until the end of the epidemic. present. (Report by Fiston Mahamba, additional report by Stanis Bujakera in Kinshasa and Giulia Paravicini in Brussels, written by Aaron Ross, edited by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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