Congo reports attack on Ebola burial team as cases rise
Health officials said 363 confirmed infections and 62 deaths have strained contact tracing as the outbreak spreads across Congo and into neighboring countries.
- In the South Kivu town of Katana, a burial team was assaulted and forced to abandon a coffin, while 11 Ebola patients fled isolation facilities in Ituri as the outbreak spread to another health zone.
- Rimba became the 17th affected health zone in Ituri and the 25th nationally, according to a June 3 report, as Congo recorded 363 confirmed Ebola infections and 62 deaths from the Bundibugyo strain.
- Surveillance teams reached fewer than half of more than 4,200 contacts in the previous 24 hours, with the contact-tracing rate at 46 per cent, falling short of the 95 per cent target.
- WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on June 3 that ending the outbreak requires "leadership, ownership, partnership and trust," as investigations continue into cross-border spread involving an infected traveller who visited the UAE and Uganda.
- Health officials warn that incidents like the Katana attack could spark new chains of transmission, as weak contact tracing, attacks on burial teams, and community resistance remain principal obstacles to controlling the outbreak.
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Ebola Burial Team Attacked, 11 Patients Flee Care in Widening Outbreak in Congo
A burial team was attacked and 11 Ebola patients fled isolation facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the outbreak spread to another health zone in the country’s hardest-hit province.
Congo reports attack on Ebola burial team
Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears of further transmission, the health ministry said. The assault took place on Monday in Katana, a town controlled by AFC/M23 rebels some 30 km (19 miles) north of the […]
Residents of a town attacked a burial site for Ebola victims in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing members of the team to abandon a coffin, raising fears of further spread of the virus in the area. According to the health ministry and the head of a local hospital, the attack took place on Monday in Katana, a town controlled by AFC/M23 rebels, about 30 kilometers north of the provincial capital Bukavu. The target was a “bur…
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