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, June 29, 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI
Saturday, June 29, 2019
The epidemiological situation of the Ebola Virus Disease dated June 28, 2019:
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,312, of which 2,218 are confirmed and 94 are probable. In total, there were 1,559 deaths (1,465 confirmed and 94 probable) and 642 people healed.
• 360 suspected cases under investigation;
• 15 new confirmed cases, including 6 in Beni, 4 in Mabalako, 3 in Masereka, 1 in Butembo and 1 in Lubero;
º 5/6 cases of Beni are part of the same family. She is a mother who fled with her children to Ariwara Health Zone in Ituri. They were all found and transferred to the CTE of Bunia.
• 6 new confirmed case deaths:
º 2 community deaths, including 1 in Mabalako and 1 in Lubero;
º 4 deaths in CTEs, including 3 in Mabalako and 1 in Beni;
• 1 person cured out of Butembo CTE.
/! \ 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
Closing of the International Meeting on Immunization in the EVD Epidemic in North Kivu and Ituri
Following the commitment made by His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Oly ILUNGA Kalenga, at the 72nd World Health Assembly, the Ministry of Health organized an international meeting on vaccination within the 10th epidemic outbreak of Ebola virus raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1st August 2018 in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri.
• This meeting, held in Kinshasa on June 28-29, 2019, aimed to gather all the scientific evidence, technical data and other useful information on the different vaccines and vaccine strategies against Ebola to inform the decision-making processes of the Ministry. of Health.
• This meeting brought together the developers and manufacturers of the four most advanced experimental vaccines in the fight against Ebola, namely Merck & Co, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), CanSino Biologics Inc. (China) and Rospotrebnadzor (Russia), as well as national and international experts: WHO, INSERM, CDC USA, Epicenter, CEPI, LSHTM, BARDA, NIH, World Bank, USAID, DFID, UNICEF, IFRC, WFP.
• It should be remembered that vaccination alone can not stop the ongoing epidemic. All participants agreed that strengthening traditional public health measures will break the chains of transmission and halt the epidemic. Vaccination is one of the main pillars of the response and the rVSV-ZEBOV-GP vaccine from Merck, used since August 8, 2018, remains the best available option to date.
• Recognizing that Ebola is an emerging disease and in order to help advance science, the Ministry of Health is open to the option of starting new clinical trials with one or more of these on the sidelines of the current epidemic. other experimental Ebola vaccines, outside the affected provinces. The Democratic Republic of Congo has a great contribution to make to universal knowledge about Ebola and the country is determined to do so in an active way.
• Since the use of vaccines will be scientifically based, the proposals that will be made will be scientifically and epidemiologically justified and will require the required approvals from the relevant regulatory and ethical authorities.
Sensitization
Mbusa Nyamisi, president of the RCD / KML, was vaccinated against Ebola this Saturday, June 29, 2019 during his visit to the CTE Butembo / Itav. As an influential North Kivu politician, Mbusa Nyamisi made the move to the press to reassure the public about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. He also condemned attacks on operations and agents of the response. Nothing to report
FIGURES OF THE RESPONSE
145,445 vaccinated persons
• 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
70,177,098 people under control
• 80 entry points (PoE) and operational health checkpoints (PoC).
Infected healthcare workers
126 contaminated health workers
• One Mabalako health worker, vaccinated, is one of the new confirmed cases.
• The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 126 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases) including 40 deaths.
