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A health worker sprays a coin at the funeral of Kavugho Cindi Dorcas suspected of having died of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 9, 2018. REUTERS / Goran Tomasevic / File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The deadly outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is far from over, said Tuesday the Administrator of the US Agency for International Development, the US Agency for Development.
"Last week we saw a number of signs that the epidemic is far from over. There is still a long way to go, "said the senior US aid official at a congressional hearing.
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 600 people.
But as the country grapples with the December 30 elections, which are tainted with allegations of fraud, aid workers have faced mistrust in some areas as they try to contain the epidemic, the most serious in the world. history of Congo. [nL8N21D58W]
Green said there was enough money to fight the epidemic and that the United States was pushing for more vaccines and producing more vaccines. He said he is in close contact with international health officials.
Report by Patricia Zengerle in Washington; Edited by James Dalgleish
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