CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique Ebola du 07 Octobre 2019, with data for October 6. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT OCTOBER 06, 2019
Monday, October 07, 2019
Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,205, of which 3,091 are confirmed and 114 are probable. In total, there were 2,142 deaths (2028 confirmed and 114 probable) and 1006 people healed.
• 363 suspected cases under investigation;
• 1 new confirmed case at CTE in North Kivu at Oicha;
• No new confirmed deaths
• 2 people healed from Butembo CTE;
• No health workers are among the newly confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed/probable cases among health workers is 161 (5% of all confirmed/probable cases), including 41 deaths.
The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.
NEWS
7 people healed from Ebola Virus Disease released Monday at Komanda CTE
- A total of 7 people cured of Ebola Virus Disease were released on Monday October 7th at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Komanda;
- This is 4 people from Mambasa and 3 cases from Komanda Health Zone to whom discharge certificates were given by the director of this Ebola Treatment Center;
- This certificate of discharge bears the following inscription: "On the date of issue of this document, the bearer of this certificate does not present any risk of contaminating other people, because his/her test was negative for the Ebola virus disease. He/she is thus DECLARED CURED. His/Her current state of health is not a danger to the community. That is why he/she can return to his/her household and his/her professional environment to continue the daily activities. The family, the community and the authorities are asked to welcome him/her to promote his/her social integration."
VACCINATION
- Continuation of vaccination around the confirmed case of 04 October 2019 in the Tenambo Health Area in Oicha, North Kivu;
- Continuation of the vaccination of newly recruited front-line staff at the General Reference Hospitals of Katwa and Kyondo in North Kivu;
- Since vaccination began on 8 August 2018, 234,693 people have been vaccinated;
- 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 20 May 2018.
MONITORING AT ENTRY POINTS
- Since the beginning of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature increase) at the sanitary control points is 103,167,809 ;
- To date, a total of 111 entry points (PoE) and sanitary control points (PoCs) have been set up in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to protect the country's major cities and prevent the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.
