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Demonstrations and militias disrupt efforts to fight it
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that there were now more than 600 confirmed or probable cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). .
Most of the new cases have been detected in cities and urban areas of the eastern province of North Kivu; the Ebola outbreak was reported last August..
Many militias fight for control of the rich natural resources of the region, hampering efforts to fight the epidemic in the impoverished country.
The mass protests in recent days against the postponement of the presidential elections in the DRC have also hindered the work of those responsible for medical aid.
The World Health Organization has stated that an attack in a hospital in the city of Beni, for example, had resulted in the distribution of fewer vaccines against the Ebola virus, adding that a deterioration in safety would compromise the fight against this deadly haemorrhagic fever.
According to the latest data, 560 Ebola cases have been confirmed and another 48 are likely to be infected with the virus. The World Health Organization said: "This Ebola outbreak is the second worst ever recorded.
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