CMRe has published Situation épidémiologique du 23 décembre 2019. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU AND ITURI ON 22 DECEMBER 2019
Monday, December 23, 2019
Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases has been 3,362, of which 3,244 confirmed and 118 probable. In total, there were 2,226 deaths (2,108 confirmed and 118 probable) and 1,096 people healed.
• 385 suspected cases under investigation;
• 4 new cases confirmed in North Kivu at Mabalako;
• 2 new deaths from confirmed cases, including:
o 1 community death from confirmed cases in North Kivu in Mabalako;
o 1 death from confirmed cases in North Kivu at Mabalako;
• No healed person has left the CTE;
• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 164 (approximately 5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.
The data presented in this table are likely to change later, after in-depth investigations and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health zones.
NEWS
NOTHING TO REPORT
VACCINATION
• 2,938 people were vaccinated, until December 20, 2019, with the 2nd vaccine Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN-Filo (Johnson & Johnson) in the two health areas from Karisimbi to Goma;
• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018 with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, 259,024 people have been vaccinated;
• Approved on October 22, 2019 by the Ethics Committee of the School of Public Health at the University of Kinshasa and on October 23, 2019 by the National Ethics Committee, the second vaccine, called Ad26.ZEBOV / MVA-BN -Filo, is produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals for Johnson & Johnson;
• This new vaccine complements the first, rVSV-ZEBOV, a vaccine used until then (since August 08, 2018) in this epidemic manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, after approval by the Ethics Committee on May 20, 2018. was recently pre-qualified for certification.
ENTRY POINT SURVEILLANCE
• Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature taken) at health checkpoints has been 130,372,795 ;
• To date, a total of 109 entry points (PoE) and health control points (PoC) have been established in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in order to protect the country's major cities and avoid the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.
