The Ministry of Health has published EBOLA RDC - Evolution de la riposte contre l'épidémie d'Ebola dans les provinces du Nord Kivu et de l'Ituri au Mardi 4 juin 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
The epidemiological situation of the Ebola Virus Disease dated June 3, 2019:
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,020, 1,926 confirmed and 94 probable. In total, there were 1,354 deaths (1,260 confirmed and 94 probable) and 542 people healed.
• 305 suspected cases under investigation;
• 12 new confirmed cases, including 4 in Mandima, 2 in Katwa, 2 in Mabalako, 2 in Butembo, 1 in Beni and 1 in Kalunguta;
• 8 new confirmed case deaths:
º 6 community deaths, including 3 in Mandima, 1 in Butembo, 1 in Katwa and 1 in Beni;
º 2 deaths at CTE, including 1 in Mabalako and 1 in Katwa;
• 3 new healings from the CTE, 2 in Beni and 1 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
• A new health zone did not report new cases for 21 days: Alimbongo . In total, 10 of the 22 affected health zones did not report new confirmed cases for at least 21 days.
• The epidemiological curve since January 2019 shows a downward trend over the last 4 weeks.
Security situation
• The Komanda lab was robbed overnight on June 3-4, 2019. The thieves took away two laptops, a GeneXpert device used to test samples and other materials found in the lab.
• A dozen people were killed by suspected rebels during an armed incursion in the neighborhood of Rwangoma, in Beni, which occurred on the night of June 3, 2019. Exchanges of fire began in the evening, shortly after the response teams left Rwangoma where they organized a community dialogue. This Tuesday morning, hundreds of protesters took to the streets and several commercial activities were paralyzed in the city. The Beni response teams worked slowly and cautiously, but no response activity was temporarily suspended.
FIGURES OF THE RESPONSE
130,039 vaccinated persons
• 443 people vaccinated on 03/06/2019.
• Of those vaccinated, 35,894 are high-risk contacts (CHR), 64,159 are contacts of contacts (CC), and 29,986 are front-line providers (PPL).
• Persons vaccinated by health zone: 33,407 in Katwa, 25,680 in Beni, 17,474 in Butembo, 11,130 in Mabalako, 6,310 in Mandima, 4,573 in Kalunguta, 3,219 in Goma, 3,048 in Komanda, 2,654 in Musienene, 2,569 in Oicha, 2,251 in Masereka , 2,045 to Vuhovi, 1,998 to Lubero, 1,980 to Kayna, 1,837 to Kyondo, 1,487 to Bunia, 1,040 to Biena, 1,012 to Mutwanga, 690 to Rutshuru, 557 to Rwampara (Ituri), 527 to Nyankunde, 496 to Mangurujipa, 494 to Alimbongo, 420 to Mambasa, 355 to Tchomia, 342 to Kirotshe, 333 to Lolwa, 250 to Mweso, 245 to Kibirizi, 161 to Nyiragongo, 97 to Watsa (Haut-Uélé) and 13 to 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.
Health checkpoints
63,273,242 people under control
• 80 entry points (PoE) and operational health checkpoints (PoC). 110
Contaminated health workers
• 1 Beni health worker, vaccinated, was among the new confirmed cases of the day of 1 June 2019.
• The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 110 (5.4% of all confirmed / probable cases) including 37 deaths.
