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Butembo (DR Congo) (AFP)
Twenty-six people died of Ebola in a single day in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, the heaviest since the outbreak of the epidemic nearly nine months ago. announced Tuesday the Ministry of Health.
The current outbreak is the second deadliest ever recorded after the outbreak that hit West Africa in 2014-2016 and killed more than 11,300 people.
The Ministry of Health had registered 957 deaths in the country, including 891 confirmed cases and 66 suspected cases.
"There have been 26 deaths due to confirmed cases" on Sunday, April 28, in the northeastern province of North Kivu, in the north-east of the country, the ministry said in a statement.
He said that out of a total of 957 deaths, 33 were health workers who had succumbed to the disease.
DR Congo declared a tenth outbreak of Ebola in 40 years last August in North Kivu before the virus spread to the neighboring region of Ituri.
The epicenter was first located in the rural area of Mangina, then was transferred to the city of Beni.
Local organizations say the number of deaths from Ebola is increasing.
Another series of attacks against teams fighting the disease adds to the logistical difficulties.
A Cameroonian doctor working for the World Health Organization (WHO), Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, was shot dead on April 19.
"We will not be intimidated … we will complete our work," said the head of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a visit to North Kivu on Monday.
"Your safety is our priority and we will do everything to protect you," he added.
? AFP 2019
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