CMRE has published Situation épidémiologique du 17 Janvier 2020. Excerpt from the Google translation:
EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI ON JANUARY 16, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
• Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases has been 3,411, of which 3,292 have been confirmed and 119 are probable. In total, there were 2,237 deaths (2,119 confirmed and 119 probable) and 1,133 people healed;
• 516 suspected cases under investigation;
• 1 new confirmed case in North Kivu in Beni;
• 1 new probable case was validated in North Kivu at Mabalako;
• No new deaths among the confirmed cases, of which:
o No community death was recorded;
o No death among the confirmed cases of CTE;
• 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 165 (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
Visit by the Canadian Minister for International Development to the General Coordination of the Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Goma
• The General Coordinator of the response to the Ebola virus disease epidemic, Prof. Steve Ahuka Mundeke received this Friday, January 17, 2020 in Goma in the presence of the provincial Minister of Health for North Kivu, a Canadian delegation led by the Canadian Minister for International Development, Ms. Karina Gould;
• This visit is justified by the interest, for the Canadian Minister for International Development, of meeting with the response teams on the ground in order to absorb the current situation of the Ebola virus disease;
• To this end, Karina Gould congratulated the experts on the ground, announcing that her country, Canada is providing financial support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the fight against the humanitarian crisis in the country;
• '' Canada has always been very involved in the response to Ebola in different pillars. This visit is part of its support for the response and the action taken by Canada consolidates the actions we are carrying out here. For us, this is a good intervention that will help end the epidemic of Ebola virus disease in the DRC," said the general coordinator of the response, Prof Steve Ahuka Mundeke;
• For the provincial Minister of Health of North Kivu, Canada has always been by the side of the DRC during difficult times, as currently when epidemics are wiping out the country. He believes that Canada's support is timely and will further strengthen the health system, not only in North Kivu, but throughout the DRC;
• At the end of their meeting, the Canadian Minister for International Development visited the various offices of the General Coordination of the response to the Ebola virus disease epidemic.
Arrival of the Technical Secretary of the Multisectoral Committee for the Fight against Ebola on Friday in Beni
• The Technical Secretary of the Multisectoral Committee for the Response to the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic, Prof. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Ntamfum, carried out a field trip this Friday, January 17, 2020 in Beni in the province of North Kivu;
• He went not only to assess the efforts made by the response teams in this territory, but also to comfort them while urging them to be able to end this tenth epidemic if only the population strengthened their support for them;
• As for the resurgence of Ebola cases in Beni, the Technical Secretary wished to see these cases die out as soon as possible. Currently, he said, the province of Ituri remains the epicenter of this tenth epidemic that has been raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since August 1, 2018.
VACCINATION
• 6,554 people were vaccinated 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 268,252 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. It 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 139,794,443 ;
• 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.
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