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 Thursday, June 27, 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI
Thursday, June 27, 2019
The epidemiological situation of the Ebola Virus Disease dated June 26, 2019:
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,284, of which 2,190 are confirmed and 94 are probable. In total, there were 1,540 deaths (1,446 confirmed and 94 probable) and 637 people healed.
• 328 suspected cases under investigation;
• 7 new confirmed cases, including 5 in Beni, 1 in Mabalako, 1 in Rwampara;
• 9 new confirmed case deaths:
º 2 community deaths in Beni;
º 7 deaths in CTEs, including 4 in Mabalako, 2 in Butembo and 1 in Beni;
• 9 people recovered from ETCs, including 7 in Mabalako and 2 in Katwa.
/! \ 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
Dialogue with the Madrandele community
• On Thursday, June 27, 2019, a dialogue was held between the Madrandele health area community, the EVD response coordinator in Beni, the experts from the communication, psychosocial and epidemiological surveillance committees, as well as delegates from the WHO and UNICEF.
• This dialogue led by the mayor of the city of Beni, Bakwanamaha Modeste, was held in Kalinda district of Madrandele where two teams of the response were attacked on June 23rd. A first meeting had already taken place with the families concerned by this incident on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
• Thursday's community dialogue aimed to better understand the concerns of the community in order to involve them more and to gain their support for all the actions of the Ebola response.
