Attacks could reverse gains in Congo’s Ebola fight, says WHO - News Summed Up

Attacks could reverse gains in Congo’s Ebola fight, says WHO


His optimistic assessment Thursday starkly contrasted to one offered last week by the head of Doctors Without Borders, which has had to pull out of two Ebola centers following attacks. And more than 40 percent of the deaths are still taking place in communities rather than at Ebola treatment centers. Amid the backlash against the Ebola response, four health centers have been attacked. In the latest attack, one person was killed and another wounded on Thursday in an attack on an Ebola health center, according to Richard Nyembo, a local administrator for Lubero province. The attackers targeted an Ebola transit center, where suspected cases are evaluated and then referred to treatment centers in the area.


Source: Washington Post March 14, 2019 13:02 UTC



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