Via Radio Okapi, some additional details: Butembo: second death linked to Ebola. The Google translation:
In North Kivu, a second case of Ebola virus disease has been recorded in the Biena health zone, Lubero territory. The provincial minister of health of North Kivu announced that the patient is a 60-year-old lady. She died on Wednesday February 10 in Masoya, where the first case was reported. Dr Nzanzu Salita says the contact listing for this second case is ongoing. The official delegate of the governor in this region indicates, for his part, that the local population is living in great fear at the moment.
Local sources testify that this second Ebola victim is a farmer. She died in the town of Ngubi, located four kilometers from Masoya, where the very first case had been notified.
According to the provincial minister of health, this lady also visited the Ngubi health post where the first victim had passed through. Dr Nzanzu Salita indicates that investigations are underway to determine whether this new patient has been contaminated by the previous one, or if it is another case from elsewhere.
The minister claims that the patient's body was handled by members of the community before her burial. This constitutes, according to him, a great danger of the spread of the epidemic in the region. He calls on the community to be aware of this health threat.
Dr Nzanzu Salita indicates that the contact tracing of this second case is in progress, and at the same time announces the vaccination of all contacts already registered and even of all those who have not yet been vaccinated, because the vaccine is arrived in Butembo last Wednesday.
The official delegate of the governor in the health zone of Biena, Monga Mabanga Julio, specifies that this situation is already creating panic and frustration among the inhabitants of this region.
