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, July 20, 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI
Saturday, July 20, 2019
The epidemiological situation of the Ebola Virus Disease dated 19 July 2019:
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,564, 2,470 confirmed and 94 probable. In total, there were 1,728 deaths (1,634 confirmed and 94 probable) and 726 people healed.
• 392 suspected cases under investigation;
• 18 new confirmed cases, including 7 in Beni, 3 in Mandima, 3 in Mabalako, 1 in Vuhovi, 1 in Butembo, 1 in Mambasa, 1 in Lubero and 1 in Masereka;
• 13 new confirmed case deaths:
º 8 community deaths, including 4 in Beni, 2 in Mandima, 1 in Mabalako and 1 in Masereka;
º 5 CTE / CT deaths, 2 in Mabalako, 2 in Beni and 1 in Katwa;
• 5 people recovered from ETCs, including 3 in Beni 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
Response operations
Minister of Health visits Beni
• The Minister of Health, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga spent the day of Friday, July 19, 2019 in Beni where he visited the various field teams and the transit center whose capacity will be increased in the coming days.
• Following the resurgence of patients in Beni, Dr. Oly Ilunga said that one of the key lessons learned in this tenth epidemic is to rely on the health system. "If we really want to solve this epidemic and have a lasting impact, we need to strengthen the health system by working with the actors in this system and with the community," he said, adding that this is how we can quickly stop this new outbreak in the city of Beni.
• He recalled that the declaration of this epidemic as an international public health emergency requires other countries to strengthen border surveillance, while for the response, the declaration recognizes the work that is being done and the performance of the response. managed to contain the epidemic in an extremely complex context.
• This statement also stresses the need for a response with greater coordination and consultation. Another point that Minister Oly Ilunga always insists on is the accountability of all actors on the ground, the sharing of information, the measurement of performance, and the use of data to guide and improve action on the ground.
