It's been a slow day for Ebola news, but CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique du 20 octobre 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT OCTOBER 19, 2019
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,239, of which 3,123 are confirmed and 116 are probable. In total, there were 2,169 deaths (2053 confirmed and 116 probable) and 1,042 people cured.
• 420 suspected cases under investigation;
• 4 new confirmed cases, including:
º 1 case in North Kivu in Mabalako;
º 3 cases in Ituri in Mandima;
• 4 new confirmed deaths in North Kivu, including:
º 2 community deaths in Ituri in Mandima;
º 2 confirmed deaths in CTEs in Ituri, including 1 in Mambasa and 1 in Mandima;
• No healed person left 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
NOTHING TO REPORT
VACCINATION
• The vaccination of taximen motorcyclists continues in the sub-coordinations of Butembo, Beni, Mangina in Mabalako in North Kivu and Mambasa in Ituri;
• Continuation of expanded immunization in Mambabeka Health Zones in Oicha, North Kivu and Brazza in Mambasa, Ituri, around the confirmed case of 17 October 2019;
• Continued immunization of newly recruited front-line staff (LRP) in Kyondo Health Zone (HGR Kyondo) and Kayna Health Area (Bulinda Health Area), Musienene (Kimbulu Reference Health Center) and Butembo (Vulindi Health Area);
• Since vaccination began on August 8, 2018, 240,494 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 108.108.828;
• 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.
