Beni, Congo-in a new reminder of the dangers posed to contain an outbreak of ebola in a conflict zone, suspected rebels killed during the night seven people in northeastern Congo, don many inhabitants they undertook the flight, an official said Saturday. Also read: author of shooting in Canada, accused of four homicidiosRepresentantes of international health organizations have warned that the fight against this outbreak of the virus in a region rich in mineral resources is complicated due to the presence of various armed groups and the restlessness of a population that includes one million displaced persons and numerous refugees fleeing towards Uganda, neighboring country weekly.
Also read AP Photo: 5.1 magnitude earthquake shakes Albania without causing Victimasla insecurity implies that health care workers might have to modify a vaccination strategy that showed effectiveness in a previous outbreak of ebola in the Congo, he said on Saturday the director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Peter Salama.La emergency preparedness called “ring vaccination” strategy of inoculating first to health care workers, people who have had contact with ebola victims and the own contacts they might have to be replaced by the approach to vaccinate everyone in a certain geographical as a village or a neighborhood area. This would require one larger number of doses. Vaccinations started Wednesday within the current outbreak on August 1, which has caused 11 deaths in a densely populated region. The who has said that more than 2,000 doses of vaccines against ebola are available in the Congo.
AP Photo although the previous outbreak in Congo that its end was announced only a week before the start of the new provoked alarm by spread to a city of more than one million people on the other side of the country, the current is aggravated due to the threat of armed attacks . Seven people in Mayi Moya, about 40 kilometres (24 miles) from the town of Beni, probably rebels of the Allied Democratic forces, perpetrated the night attack which killed told The Associated Press the administrator of the territory of Beni, Donat Kibwana. The rebels have killed more than 1,500 people inside and on the outskirts of Beni in less than two years. The insurgents made that locals were fleeing, said Kibwana. Beni residents were already very affected due to the discovery on Tuesday of 14 corpses of civilians abducted by suspected rebels of the SDF.
The most recent attack AP Photo took place when the director-general of who, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited the area to learn about actions against the outbreak of ebola, which sometimes are underway with armed bodyguards.” The active conflict in the area is a barrier to control ebola,”said Tedros in a Tweet on Saturday night. “I make a call to all parties to the conflict to facilitate safe access to all health care workers who serve the affected populations and save lives.” Blue helmets of the United Nations, police and sometimes Congolese soldiers accompanied the caravans of health workers that are distributed to contain the outbreak. Hospitals are monitored by officers and Congolese military police. In this note: Congo Congo seven dead Congo ebola.
