Via Radio Okapi: Ebola in North Kivu: checkpoints installed at the entrance to major cities. The Google translation:
The coordinator of the Ebola response in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, Dr. Aruna Abedi, announced on Friday, January 18, measures taken to prevent the spread of this epidemic in new areas. These measures include the installation of epidemiological control points, deemed strategic, at the exit of certain areas already affected by Ebola to monitor the movements of people who carry this disease.
In other health zones, the epidemic has been mastered, said Dr. Aruna Abedi, expressing concern, however, about the "population movement that is causing cases that escape Katwa and Butembo who wanted to go to Goma."
Among the decisions taken to deal with this situation is the strengthening of strategic points. It was able to detect cases that wanted to go to Goma.
"The logic is to strengthen the strategic points to protect the big cities - for example Goma, Kisangani, Bunia, Kasindi. And at these strategic points, we wanted the entry points to be operational and operate 24 hours a day," the source said.
In response to reluctance among the local population, the coordination of the Ebola response also involved law enforcement, working with health staff to counter this reluctance.
