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An Ebola treatment center located at the epicenter of the current epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo resumed operations after being attacked last month, the ministry said Saturday. of Health.
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) center in Katwa district was burned on February 24 by unknown people, forcing staff to evacuate patients.
He reopened Saturday, the ministry said in a statement.
"For the moment, it is managed by the ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF," he said, referring to the UN fund for the United Nations. # 39; childhood.
Humanitarian workers have faced mistrust in some areas as they sought to contain the Ebola epidemic, which has become the most serious in Congo's history. The WHO said mistrust was fueled by false rumors about treatments and a preference for traditional medicine.
Another MSF center in Butembo was also attacked in late February but reopened a week later.
MSF has been withdrawn from the area since the two attacks and has not specified when it could resume its medical activities.
The current outbreak of Ebola, reported for the first time last August, has reportedly already killed at least 561 people and infected more than 300 others.
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