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According to the press release, there is no indication to date that this second case is related to the previously confirmed case (for an HIV-positive priest who reported his trip from Butembo to Goma). The statement stated that the victim of the second case – a minor from Ituri District – had been declared dead today.
The joint statement by David Grisley, Emergency Response Coordinator for the United States of America, and Dr. Ibrahima Soussi, WHO Emergency Response Officer, confirmed that There was increased surveillance at all points of entry and exit in the area. He also stressed that, despite significant progress in the fight against the spread of the Ebola virus, more needs to be done not to show other cases.
The statement adds that it is necessary to put in place a strong and flexible health system "to prevent the re-emergence of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo".
Moreover, another statement by senior officials of the various UN agencies warned that "the recent situation in this region is densely populated" suggests a very real risk of high transmission of diseases, perhaps even beyond borders from the country.
A year after the Democratic Republic of Congo declared the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu province
United Nations officials issued their joint statement today, a year after the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu. The United Nations announced two weeks ago that the situation in the country was a "public health emergency of international concern".
Statement by United Nations Officials The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tidros Adhanom Gibrisos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Mark Lockock , UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fur and Executive Director of the World Food Program, David Bisley.
"Efforts to stop the transmission are already big challenges," he added, adding that the UN and its partners are working to strengthen the response to government support and to continue to "support the government". common action.
In their statement, officials also welcomed the government's decision to take steps to ensure a more consistent response, highlighting what they described as the heroic efforts of Congolese caregivers, members of affected communities and their partners. .
"Despite their continued work, the disease continues to spread" and that epidemics – which occur in an area of armed conflict – make the effective response more complex due to insecurity, including armed attacks on agents health and sanitation, displacement.
UN officials said the country's government needed more support than ever before and that the public health response to the Ebola outbreak required a level of investment exceptional. International officials also underlined their collective commitment to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, "at this critical juncture," the statement said.
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