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A third patient tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, shortly after the death of the second patient in Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which raised fears of an epidemic in the region.
In the neighboring province of South Kivu, 15 people were quarantined in a locality on Lake Kivu. This is the first time that suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in this province.
"The Ebola patient confirmed in Goma is dead, all measures to cut the chain of contamination are already taken," AFP Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the new official appointed by the Congolese presidency, said in a statement. . l & # 39; outbreak.
This patient had arrived at the treatment center "the eleventh day of his illness, it was really hopeless because the disease was already very advanced, so he died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday," said his doctor. Dr. Aruna Abedi, coordinator of Ebola response in North Kivu province.
"We are asking people not to hide suspicious cases. The treatment center is not a death bed, we must bring the patient on time, "he insisted.
Dr. Aruna Abedi also announced that a third case of the virus had been detected Wednesday in Goma, a large urban center in the east of the country, sixteen days after the first case and one year after the statement of outbreak . haemorrhagic fever in rural areas of North Kivu and Ituri in eastern DRC.
"This third confirmed case is that of a one – year – old girl, father of ten children with Ebola virus, who died today (Wednesday) at CTE Kiziba," said Lukyu. AFP a response manager who wanted to remain anonymous.
City of one to two million inhabitants, Goma is located on Lake Kivu and on the border with Rwanda. The anxiety conquered the locals after the announcement of the second death due to Ebola.
"I am now afraid that this disease affects us all. We have heard about it from afar and the virus is now in our city, "said 27-year-old Anuarite Sifa.
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Since the outbreak statement on August 1, 2018, no cases have been recorded in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, two hours away from the main sources of infection.
The disease has so far been relatively circumscribed, but the occurrence of cases in a city like Goma reinforces the threat of a spread of the epidemic already responsible for 1,803 deaths, according to the latest figures released Wednesday by the authorities.
Wednesday before noon, five boats from Goma were immobilized in the port of Bukavu, on the other side of Lake Kivu, causing concern in another city in eastern DRC.
A speedy boat with medical staff and representatives of the town hall went to meet the boats tied up a few meters from the wharf for control of the manifestos, said an AFP correspondent.
"What will we do if Ebola arrives here without any adequate health infrastructure or vaccination announcement for prevention?" Asked a family member, Leonardo Malekera. "Back to school is imminent, if the disease reaches Bukavu, it will be a disaster."
"I'm not going to shake hands with people anymore," said a 22-year-old woman.
"In Bukavu, there is no case of Ebola, the population must not panic but must comply with hygiene standards pending the control of boats from Goma," said the authorities in a press release .
Several boat rotations, some carrying up to 500 pbadengers as well as goods daily connect Goma and Bukavu (a million and a half inhabitants).
"The psychosis that wins Bukavu is based on trade between Bukavu and Goma across Lake Kivu," said Jean-Chrysostome Kijana, president of the civil society of South Kivu, who called on the authorities to take things " seriously".
"Port services should not be complacent in the development and control of manifests", pbadengers generally traveling on the road, he added.
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