Via provinces26rdc.net: DRC / Ebola: 40 days without new cases in Goma. The Google translation:
This Tuesday, August 28, the city of Goma totals more than 40 days without registering a new case of Ebola virus disease, reports the provincial coordination of the response, in its epidemiological report, published Tuesday, August 27.
In contrast, more than 10 cases were recorded in the Pinga Health Zone.
But given the persistence of notifications of new cases in the northern areas of the province, the provincial coordinator of the response, Steeve Ahuka still calls for vigilance.
The most recent case was reported in Goma on 14 July 2019, and on 17 August for the Pinga Health Zone in Walikale territory. But the Ebola outbreak is still far from being under control, says Professor Steeve Ahuka, provincial coordinator of the Ebola response. According to him, it is not yet time to speak of "control" when the areas of Lubero and Beni, in particular, continue to register new cases.
For him, with the intense movement of people in the province, vigilance remains de rigueur.
Meanwhile, the response teams continue to work intensively for increased surveillance in Goma and health zones all around.
New cases registered in Beni
WHO in the DRC has announced on Twitter that six new cases of Ebola have been confirmed: two in Beni, one in Katwa, one in Kalunguta, one in Komanda, one in Mwenga. The same source indicates that Beni, Mandima and Kalunguta are the three main hot spots of the epidemic, accounting respectively for 23% (56/196), 12% (24/196) and 11% (21/196) of confirmed cases.
As of August 27, there were 2,983 cases (2878 confirmed and 105 probable), and 1994 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in August 2018.
It should also be noted that 891 survivors have been registered to date and patients still undergoing treatment.
