CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique au 30 septembre 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AS AT 29 SEPTEMBER 2019
The Epidemiological Situation of Ebola Virus Disease, September 29, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,191, of which 3,077 are confirmed and 114 are probable. In total, there were 2,133 deaths (2019 confirmed and 114 probable) and 991 people healed .
• 346 suspected cases under investigation;
• 3 new confirmed cases, including:
• 1 in North Kivu in Kalunguta;
• 2 in Ituri, including 1 in Mambasa and 1 in Mandima;
• 4 new confirmed deaths in Ituri, including:
• 1 community death in Ituri 1 in Mandima;
• 3 confirmed deaths in CTEs in Ituri, including 2 in Mambasa and 1 Komanda;
• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 160 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.
Summary of epidemiological data at week 39 (from 23 to 29/09/19)
• Number of new probable cases: 3
• Number of new confirmed cases: 20
• Number of new cures: 16
• Number of new deaths: 12
• Community : 4 • Confirmed deaths: 8
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
Local providers in 17 Mambasa's Silent and Hard-to-reach Health Areas in Ituri sensitized on EVD
• One hundred and two local providers of 17 silent and hard-to-reach health areas in the sub-coordination of the response to the epidemic Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mambasa were sensitized from 29 to 30 September 2019 in the women's ward at Mambasa in Ituri province on this disease;
• This took place during a briefing day for the purpose of helping to stop the transmission of Ebola Virus Disease in this sub-coordination in order to prevent its spread to other health zones. , DRC provinces and neighboring countries;
• This day also had the objective of setting up a functional alert system in the community and in the health structures of the target health areas and a communication system allowing a rapid response in case of notification of a validated alert, a new confirmed or probable case and accelerate ownership of the response by communities, their leaders and local health system actors;
• These local providers were trained on EVD basics, early definitions/ detections of cases and actions to be taken, as well as escalation of alerts, risk communication and community engagement. They were also trained on dignified and safe burial (DHS), active case finding, community-level monitoring tools and reporting system, risk communication and community engagement;
• Awareness Day was opened by Mambasa Territory Administrator Mr. Idriss Koma Kukodila in the presence of the Deputy General Coordinator for Ebola Response to the Epidemic, Dr. Justus Nsio Mbeta, the Physician the coordination of the Mambasa Health Zone, representing the Mambasa sub-coordinator and the field coordinators of WHO and UNICEF;
• The sub-coordination of the Mambasa response includes 3 health zones, including Mambasa, Lolwa and Mandima and 28 health areas, including 6 hot spots reporting cases within 14 days. These include Binase, Lolwa, Mambasa, Salama, Mandima and Some;
• The 17 health areas are: Banana, Tabala, Bandishende, Makoko II, Epulu, Salate, Molokai, Bukulani, Akokora, Pede, Bakaiko Kenya, Nduye, Bongupanda, Malembi, Bahaka, Lolwa and Some. These are health areas that do not report EVD alerts and are areas of difficult access and insecurity.
VACCINATION
• Since vaccination began on August 8, 2018, 230,489 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 measurement) at the sanitary control points is 100,607,920;
• 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.
