WHO chief visits Congo to support Ebola efforts as some workers strike over pay
Frontline workers in Ituri have gone on strike over pay as officials report 3,874 cases and 1,751 deaths.
- On Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Congo as aid workers said the Ebola outbreak is spreading at an "alarming" rate while health workers strike over unpaid wages.
- The Bundibugyo virus, which lacks approved treatment or vaccine, has caused 3874 cases and 1751 deaths as of Monday, according to Congo's Ministry of Health, making it the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
- In Ituri, resident Anicet Baluku blamed the ongoing strike for the death of his two brothers, while frontline workers demand improved wages despite receiving some back pay in the last week.
- During a Tuesday visit to Bunia, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya reported that contact tracing is failing, with at least 60% of new cases emerging outside the contact list.
- Doctors Without Doctors warns that response efforts are not reaching communities quickly enough to break transmission chains, as Tedros is scheduled to meet President Tshisekedi in Kinshasa to address the crisis.
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health workers fighting one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history have protested for non-payment of salaries.
In Congo, doctors fighting Ebola outbreak protest over non-payment of salaries to DR Congo dozens of doctors fighting Ebola protested over non-payment of salaries, leaving their jobs. They are not received payments from the announcement of the outbreak in May, which disrupted aid provision.
Frontline Ebola workers in DR Congo threaten to quit over unpaid salaries
Frontline health workers battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say they are risking their lives without receiving the salaries they were promised, prompting strikes and fears that staff shortages could undermine efforts to contain one of the country's worst outbreaks.
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