03-25-2019, 10:07 AM
** 25-Mar-2019 Ebola in eastern DRC surges, spreads to new large city
After several weeks of declining numbers of new cases, new Ebola cases
surged last week, as new cases are now being reported in another large
city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The number of
confirmed and probable cases has now passed 1,000 with over 620
deaths. This makes it the second-worst outbreak in history.
A case of Ebola has been found in Bunia, the second-largest city in
DRC, with a population of around one million. Ebola has already been
spreading in two other large cities, Butembo and Beni, each with about
one million people, as well as throughout rural areas in North Kivu
and Ituri provinces.
The disease is "not under control," but it still remains confined to
just the two DRC provinces, and particularly has not spread across the
porous border to Uganda, Rwanda or South Sudan.
The Ebola outbreak is occurring in the midst of an ethnic civil war.
Doctors without Borders (MSF) has been forced to suspend
its activities in some areas because of the violence, including
attacks by gunmen on Ebola treatment centers. The US State Dept.
has banned American federal employees from working in the region,
because of the violence.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking the international
community for more humanitarian aid for DRC and Ebola. However, DRC
is competing for humanitarian aid in a growing number of crises in
numerous other countries, including Yemen, Venezuela, Central African
Republic, Niger, Chad, Haiti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and the
Philippines.
---- Sources:
-- WHO reaffirms commitment to Democratic Republic of the Congo as
Ebola outbreak nears 1000 cases amid increased violence
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-...d-violence
(World Health Organization, WHO, 23-Mar-2019)
-- Bunia - Butembo - Beni / Ebola in DRC Spreads to Urban Areas Amid
Conflict
https://www.cfr.org/blog/ebola-drc-sprea...d-conflict
(Council on Foreign Relations, 21-Mar-2019)
-- Bunia / Ebola outbreak spreads to new city in conflict-hit Congo
https://www.dw.com/en/ebola-outbreak-spr...a-48002118
(Deutsche-Welle, 21-Mar-2019)
-- From Haiti to Madagascar: The world's forgotten crises / Haiti,
Ethiopia, Madagascar, DRC, Philippines
https://www.dw.com/en/from-haiti-to-mada...a-47591231
(Deutsche-Welle, 21-Feb-2019)
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After several weeks of declining numbers of new cases, new Ebola cases
surged last week, as new cases are now being reported in another large
city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The number of
confirmed and probable cases has now passed 1,000 with over 620
deaths. This makes it the second-worst outbreak in history.
A case of Ebola has been found in Bunia, the second-largest city in
DRC, with a population of around one million. Ebola has already been
spreading in two other large cities, Butembo and Beni, each with about
one million people, as well as throughout rural areas in North Kivu
and Ituri provinces.
The disease is "not under control," but it still remains confined to
just the two DRC provinces, and particularly has not spread across the
porous border to Uganda, Rwanda or South Sudan.
The Ebola outbreak is occurring in the midst of an ethnic civil war.
Doctors without Borders (MSF) has been forced to suspend
its activities in some areas because of the violence, including
attacks by gunmen on Ebola treatment centers. The US State Dept.
has banned American federal employees from working in the region,
because of the violence.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking the international
community for more humanitarian aid for DRC and Ebola. However, DRC
is competing for humanitarian aid in a growing number of crises in
numerous other countries, including Yemen, Venezuela, Central African
Republic, Niger, Chad, Haiti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and the
Philippines.
---- Sources:
-- WHO reaffirms commitment to Democratic Republic of the Congo as
Ebola outbreak nears 1000 cases amid increased violence
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-...d-violence
(World Health Organization, WHO, 23-Mar-2019)
-- Bunia - Butembo - Beni / Ebola in DRC Spreads to Urban Areas Amid
Conflict
https://www.cfr.org/blog/ebola-drc-sprea...d-conflict
(Council on Foreign Relations, 21-Mar-2019)
-- Bunia / Ebola outbreak spreads to new city in conflict-hit Congo
https://www.dw.com/en/ebola-outbreak-spr...a-48002118
(Deutsche-Welle, 21-Mar-2019)
-- From Haiti to Madagascar: The world's forgotten crises / Haiti,
Ethiopia, Madagascar, DRC, Philippines
https://www.dw.com/en/from-haiti-to-mada...a-47591231
(Deutsche-Welle, 21-Feb-2019)
- The World's Forgotten Crises
