CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique du 14 novembre 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Thursday, November 14, 2019 • Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,292, of which 3,174 are confirmed and 118 are probable. In total, there were 2,193 deaths (2075 confirmed and 118 probable) and 1067 people cured.
• 527 suspected cases under investigation;
• 1 new case confirmed in North Kivu in Mabalako;
• No new deaths of confirmed cases have been recorded;
• No cured person has emerged from ETCs; • No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 163 (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
Ebola Virus Disease Comprehensive Response Coordination Announces Three Road Traffic Accident in Bunia, Ituri
• Overall Coordination of Epidemic Response to Ebola Virus Disease in North, South Kivu and Ituri was informed this Thursday, November 13, 2019 of the tragic accident of road traffic between two motorcycles, one of which carried three agents of the response;
• These three officers, who work for the Epidemiological Surveillance Commission at the Point of Entry and Control, were returning from Bunia to Mambasa, where they are respectively delivering;
• This accident occurred around Marabo in Bunia on the evening of Wednesday 13 November 2019;
• The balance sheet reports an officer who died at the scene and two others who were seriously injured, including one in a coma. The two wounded were taken to the Nyakunde Reference General Hospital in Ituri for appropriate care;
• The overall coordination of the response sends its deepest condolences to the grieving family and expresses all its compassion and solidarity to the injured officers, while wishing them a quick recovery.
Effective start of Johnson & Johnson vaccination in two Goma health areas
• Ebola vaccination with the Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo vaccine, produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals for Johnson & Johnson, started on Thursday 14 November 2019 in two Karisimbi health areas in the city of Goma, North Kivu province;
• The Epidemic Response Coordinator for Ebola Virus Disease in North, South Kivu and Ituri, Prof. For this purpose, Steve Ahuka Mundeke visited the vaccination sites to inquire about the evolution of activities in the field. He was satisfied with the work of the teams;
• He took the opportunity to invite the population of the targeted areas to be vaccinated in order to protect themselves from the resurgence of the Ebola virus;
• Several people were present in Majengo and Kahembe health areas to get vaccinated. The first person to be vaccinated is a Kahembe community leader who has been protected against the Ebola virus today and also in case of a possible new outbreak of Ebola. This community leader has appealed to all residents of his community and sites targeted to come take this second vaccine. "This is an opportunity not to be missed, because it is said that prevention is better than cure, " he said;
• The logistics of this vaccination are provided by the international non-governmental organization Médecins Sans Frontières of France (MSF / France).
• Approved October 22, 2019 by the Ethics Committee of the School of Public Health of the University of Kinshasa and October 23, 2019 by the National Ethics Committee, this second vaccine, called Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN -Filo , is produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals for Johnson & Johnson;
• This new vaccine complements the first, the rVSV-ZEBOV, the vaccine used until then in this epidemic. Manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, after approval of the Ethics Committee on May 20, 2018, it was recently approved.
Closing of the training workshop for media professionals in Beni on the role and responsibility of journalists during public health crises
• The Deputy Mayor of the city of Beni, Muhindo Bakwanamaha Modeste, closed this Thursday, November 14, 2019 in Beni in the province of North Kivu the training of media professionals on the role and responsibility during public health crises;
• The coordinator of the Beni Ebola Ebola response, Dr Pierre Adikey, on behalf of the Coordinator of the Response, Prof. Steve Ahuka, wished to see these kinds of trainings be organized, not only in other sub-Coordination of the response, but also throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo so that journalists from all over the country are ready to face any possible epidemic crisis;
• This training, he said, is part of the zero-case Ebola strategy and strengthening the health system of tomorrow;
• The focal point of Beni's journalists, Moustapha MULONDA, reaffirmed the commitment of journalists to combat Ebola Virus Disease through various programs and publications disseminated and published by their respective media thanks to the new tools acquired during this period. training;
• This training was organized by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization and benefited from the facilitation of the overall coordination of the response, UNICEF, CDC Africa and MSF.
VACCINATION
• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018 with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, 251,637 people have been vaccinated;
• Vaccination with the second Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo vaccine, produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals for Johnson & Johnson, began on Thursday November 14, 2019 in Goma. This vaccine was approved on 22 October 2019 by the decisions of the Ethics Committee of the School of Public Health of the University of Kinshasa and 23 October 2019 of the National Ethics Committee;
• Until then, only one vaccine was used in this outbreak. This is the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, after approval of the Ethics Committee in its decision of 20 May 2018 and which has recently been approved.
MONITORING AT ENTRY POINTS
• A 27-year-old woman from Butembo for Goma, an escaped suspect from Makasi Hospital in Butembo, North Kivu, was intercepted at the Kanyabayonga checkpoint in Kayna. When she was intercepted, she experienced signs such as fever at 38.4°C, severe asthenia, abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. She was sent to the KAYNA Transit Center.
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature rise) at the sanitary control points is 116,622,388 ;
• To date, a total of 112 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.
