The last individual who was confirmed to have Ebola in DRC testednegative twice and was discharged from a treatment centre on March 3. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is among some non-governmentalorganisations responding to the Ebola crisis in the DRC. “The reality of needing to address both Ebola and Covid-19 in a conflictzone is, and must remain, of grave concern to the entire internationalcommunity and DRC government,” Moger said. Recently, chairman of the African Union (AU), Cyril Ramaphosa, expressedhis confidence in the continent dealing with disease outbreaks, basinghis assurance on history. This includes the previous outbreaks of Ebola in DRC and the worstoutbreak ever of the disease in the world, one which killed over 11 000people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 17, 2020 01:30 UTC