Via Habari RDC, an aggregator of Congolese blogs: In the fight against Ebola in Congo, Rwanda looks like Wakanda. The Google translation:
In the world of Marvel cinema, Wakanda is a country of Africa very advanced in technology. To avoid the greed of others, this country has remained hidden from the rest of the world. There are the latest technologies, innovations, etc. That's what inspires me in Rwanda in the fight against Ebola.
Although the Congo has already faced previous outbreaks of Ebola, the Congolese authorities seem to continue to take some things lightly. This is the example of disease control points where travelers are supposed to wash their hands. In a year of fighting Ebola, our authorities have never thought of an automatic handwashing system. But neighboring Rwanda did it in just a few days.
Like Wakanda, Rwanda has innovated
On August 03, 2019, images of the automatic trigger and drain valves set up by Rwanda circulated on the Internet. It took a few days for the authorities of this country to realize this device. As a result, people rush themselves to wash their hands. In Congo, on the other hand, we continue to see buckets and big tanks stamped "Gift of the WHO" with taps that everybody handles. And the water to be evacuated requires human intervention. How to understand that in 10 epidemics over 43 years, no Congolese authority thought about automatic hand washing?
Like Wakanda, Rwanda closed its borders with Congo
Let's go back to the Marvel universe. The Wakanda is a country hidden from the rest of the world by a protective belt that makes the country both invisible and invulnerable to attack.
To protect its population, Rwanda has done the same. On two occasions he closed his border with the DRC . The passages are filtered, very filtered since August 1, 2019. The World Health Organization had however recommended the country of a thousand hills not to close the border. But staying straight in his boots, Paul Kagame did it. One way of saying: we do not trust the responsibility of the neighbor in its management of the epidemic, we prefer to take our precautions.
Sometimes the last of the class becomes the first
Our dear Congo can, on the other hand, boast of having Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe as one of his worthy sons. Codecouvreur of the virus, he has just become today co-inventor of a molecule that has just proven its cure against Ebola. The invented medicine guarantees up to 90% chance of survival for the sick. Like what, we can discover things even before the big Wakanda.
