The Ministry of Health has published EBOLA DRC - Evolution of the response to the Ebola outbreak in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI
Saturday, April 27, 2019
The epidemiological situation of the Ebola Virus Disease dated April 26, 2019:
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 1,417, of which 1,351 are confirmed and 66 are probable. In total, there were 914 deaths (848 confirmed and 66 probable) and 405 people healed.
• 234 suspected cases under investigation;
• 21 new confirmed cases, including 8 in Katwa, 6 in Butembo, 2 in Beni, 2 in Musienene, 1 in Mandima, 1 in Biena and 1 in Mabalako;
• 14 new confirmed case deaths, including
º 7 community deaths, including 4 in Katwa, 1 in Musienene, 1 in Biena and 1 in Butembo;
º 7 CTE deaths, including 3 from Butembo, 2 from Katwa and 2 from Mabalako;
• 11 new healed from the CTE, including 7 in Katwa and 4 in Butembo.
/! \ The data presented in this table are subject to change later, after extensive investigations and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their health areas.
News of the response
Meeting on the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic at the Presidency of the Republic
• This Saturday, April 27, 2019, the Head of State, Felix Tshisekedi, chaired a meeting on the response to the epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease underway in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. Several members of the Government, including Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala, the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Interior and Security, the Minister of State for the Budget, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Health, were invited to this important meeting.
• The Minister of Health, Dr Oly Ilunga Kalenga, had the opportunity to present to the President of the Republic, as he had wished, the evolution of the epidemic as well as the challenges and positive progress of the response. In his presentation, the Minister of Health insisted that, given the difficult security situation, this epidemic had gone beyond public health. So far, the epidemic has been contained in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but in order to put an end to it, it is necessary to strengthen the multisectoral component of the response, and therefore the involvement of other ministries. under the coordination of the Prime Minister, Head of Government.
Vaccination
• Since the start of vaccination on 8 August 2018, 106,239 people have been vaccinated , including 28,374 in Katwa, 23,037 in Beni, 12,946 in Butembo, 6,874 in Mabalako, 4,761 in Mandima, 3,226 in Kalunguta, 3,070 in Goma, 2,699 in Komanda, 2,569 at Oicha, 1,875 at Vuhovi, 1,819 at Masereka, 1,718 at Kyondo, 1,630 at Kayina, 1,487 at Bunia, 1,357 at Karisimbi, 1,233 at Lubero, 1,027 at Musienene, 1,025 at Biena, 772 at Mutwanga, 690 at Rutshuru, 557 in Rwampara (Ituri), 527 in Nyankunde, 496 in Mangurujipa, 420 in Mambasa, 355 in Tchomia, 342 in Kirotshe, 333 in Lolwa, 254 in Alimbongo, 250 in Mweso, 245 in Kibirizi, 161 in Nyiragongo, 97 in Watsa (Haut-Uélé) and 13 in Kisangani.
• The only vaccine to be used in this outbreak is the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, following approval by the Ethics Committee in its decision of 19 May 2018.
