Via Radio Okapi: Ituri: no new case of Ebola registered in Mambasa for a week. The Google translation:
No new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Mambasa territory (Ituri) for a week, said Ituri Governor Jefferson Abdallah Pene Mbaka. He made the announcement Wednesday, Aug. 29 after a big meeting of the committee of crisis of this disease held Tuesday in Bunia.
"Regarding the number of deaths, we stayed on the whole of Ituri and in particular in the health area of Makeke where we recorded at first victims, for more than a week, it will soon be ten days, we have not seen any new cases, " said Governor Jefferson Abdallah.
However, the governor urges the population to report to healthcare professionals any suspected case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever.
He is referring to the last suspected case recorded in Bunia last weekend which turned out to be negative after the samples were analyzed at the Beni Ebola Laboratory.
"As soon as there is a suspected case, it is necessary to alert the health technicians. It will be securely transferred from this location to another suitable. Today, since we do not have a treatment center, we can decide to bring it to Mangina so that it can be treated in quarantine, " advised Jefferson Abdalah Pene Mbaka.
He also insisted on strict hygiene rules to prevent this disease.
"Since there is no new case yet, we advise the change of behavior by washing hands for example. And here we will succeed in curbing this disease, " said Pene Mbaka.
