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Covid-19 in the DRC: Jean-Jacques Muyembe notes that the country is already experiencing the fifth wave and recommends respect for barrier gestures
Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 12:30 p.m.
The coordinator of the technical secretariat of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the DRC, Doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, took stock of the health situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in the DRC last Tuesday, May 24.
According to him, the situation is becoming more and more worrying in the city-province of Kinshasa but also in the interior of the country in view of the exponential rise in cases recorded per day. Which suggests, he says, that the country is already experiencing the 5th wave of this pandemic.
“As we said, we fear a fifth wave in our country and lately it was the province of Lualaba that was worrying, but we realize that the virus is circulating more or less intensely even here in Kinshasa in the capital, there are some schools that are even closed and we believe this is the beginning of the fifth wave. We hope that with the people who are already vaccinated, this fifth wave will not be as bad as the previous waves,” said Jean-Jacques Muyembe during the weekly press conference held in Kinshasa.
The latter recommends vigilance and respect for barrier gestures.
“We must always be careful, be on our guard, continue to wear the mask and for those who are not yet vaccinated in any case to get vaccinated. We now have evidence that those who have been vaccinated if they become infected, they are infected with the virus, they do not have a serious illness, that is already a very big advantage,” he added.
He also welcomed the endowment of oxygen plants by the World Bank. According to him, there will no longer be an oxygen problem in the treatment of Covid-19 in the DRC.
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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (27 MAY 2022) - NICD
27 May , 2022
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.
Today the institute reports 3 274 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 948 119. This increase represents an 13.8% positivity rate.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 36 deaths, and of these, 15 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,128 to date.
25 187 804 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below. ...
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Covid-19 in the DRC: a less severe 5th wave, the epidemiological curve already falling (Dr Muyembe)
Friday, June 17, 2022 - 5:56 p.m.
Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, coordinator of the technical secretariat of the response committee against Covid-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo revealed, during the weekly press conference on Wednesday June 15, that the epidemiological curve linked to the 5th wave is in decrease. According to him, the 5th wave has already reached its peak during the week of June 6 to 12, 2022. In Lualaba, the situation is also under control after the descent of a team of experts from Kinshasa.
“Some time ago, I announced the emergence of the 5th wave and indeed the virus of this pandemic has regained its momentum in our country. At the beginning, it was the province of Lualaba which was the most infected and then after Kinshasa and last week, we had an average of 100 cases per day until reaching 156 cases. We have reached the peak of this wave and now it is decreasing because on June 13th the number of cases was 58 and then on the 12th it was 44 and before that it was 42 cases. Which means we're so in the process of starting the downward slope of this wave. It will be a less severe wave in terms of the number of hospitalized cases since most treatment centers are not overwhelmed, ”reassured Jean-Jacques Muyembe.
He once again returned to the need to be vaccinated to protect himself against the Covid-19 pandemic. In the same vein, he called for respect for gestures, in particular hand washing, correct wearing of a mask.
“It showed us that those who were vaccinated and who had Covid-19 did not develop a severe form, so it shows the advantage of being vaccinated. Myself, I was a victim for the second time, I had Covid-19. The first time as you know I was hospitalized but the second time so the 5th wave here I really have a mild infection... only a few throat irritations, fevers, no headaches, no muscle aches and I therefore attribute this benign form to the two doses of vaccines that I had received so it is to tell you my dear friends do not neglect vaccination. If the evolution continues in this direction, we can say that we are on the downward slope but we must always continue to wear the mask, to respect the
Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge had, during the 57th meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday June 10, announced the imminent convening of the meeting of the multisectoral committee for the response to the covid-19 pandemic. This was following the increase in cases of contamination linked to this pandemic.
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"Covid-19 is no longer a public health problem in the DRC" (Dr Muyembe)
13.10.2022
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The coordinator of the Technical Secretariat of the Multisector Covid-19 Response Committee, virologist Jean Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, told reporters in Kinshasa on Wednesday (October 12th) that Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is no longer a problem. public health in the DRC.
The Covid-19 epidemic, he said, is under control and under control thanks to vaccination and respect for barrier gestures by the population. Many Congolese have understood the importance of vaccination and are getting vaccinated more and more.
Indeed, it has been observed for more than 5 months that the number of new cases of Covid-19 per day in the DRC is only decreasing. On Saturday October 8, 2022, for example, the country reported no cases of Covid-19.
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Covid-19: Jean-Jacques Muyembe announces the end of the pandemic in the DRC
Kinshasa14-10-2022Health – The famous Congolese virologist, in a video shared this Friday, October 14 by the Congolese Press Agency (ACP), combined this disease with the past in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“I can even say that the situation is really under control. Covid, for the moment, is no longer a public health problem in our country,” said Jean-Jacques Muyembe, coordinator of the Multisectoral Committee for the Fight against Covid-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The virologist puts these positive results in the efforts to vaccinate the population. “It is thanks to vaccination that this disease was overcome. The number of vaccinated is only increasing. The Congolese population has become aware of how to avoid Covid-19. So this commitment of the population has made herd immunity very strong. This made it difficult for the virus to circulate,” explained this anti-Ebola hero in the DRC.
For Muyembe, this pandemic can be combined with the past now, if this awareness of the population continues. “If it continues like this, we can say that the pandemic is now in the past”, he rejoiced.
Declared on March 10, 2020 in the DRC, this pandemic has caused hundreds of deaths in the country. Kinshasa was the most affected city in the country with a greater number of illnesses and deaths.
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Covid-19: the epidemic remains active in 9 of the 26 provinces of the DRC
By hbb-November 28, 2022075
Kinshasa, November 28, 2022 (ACP).- The Covid-19 epidemic is still active in 9 of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which have notified new cases in the last 2 weeks, i.e. from 13 to 26 November 2022, according to statistics from the Technical Secretariat of the Multisector Covid-19 Response Committee consulted by the ACP.
These 9 provinces that have continued to report cases of Covid-19 for the past 2 weeks are Kinshasa, North Kivu, Haut-Katanga, Kongo Central, Lualaba, Sud-Kivu, Haut-Uélé and Kasaï. .
All 26 provinces of the DRC are affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. But several provinces have not been reporting cases for more than 3 months.
These include the provinces of Sankuru, Tanganyika, Bas-Uélé, Tshuapa, Mongala, Maniema and Haut-Lomami.
The Covid-19 epidemic in the DRC is currently experiencing its sixth wave, according to the Multisectoral Covid-19 Response Committee which announced it on November 23, 2022 at the end of its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Jean-Michel. Sama Lukonde.
6 new cases of Covid-19 recorded on Saturday in 3 provinces of the DRC
In addition, six (6) new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Saturday in 3 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), out of 406 samples tested, including 3 cases in Kinshasa, 2 in North Kivu and 1 in Kasai. , reports the daily bulletin of the Technical Secretariat of the Multisectoral Committee for the Response to Covid-19 received Monday at the ACP.
Since the declaration of the epidemic in the DRC on March 10, 2020, the cumulative number of cases is 94,421, including 94,419 confirmed cases and 2 probable cases.
In total, there were 83,701 people cured and 1,366 deaths.
The source also indicates that vaccination coverage has reached 11.97% of the estimated target population of 53.9 million people in the DRC.
The Covid-19 test is free throughout the national territory, except for unvaccinated travelers who will have to pay 30 US dollars.
All twenty-six (26) provinces of the DRC are affected by this epidemic as follows: Kinshasa (50,470 cases); North Kivu (10,711 cases); Haut-Katanga (6,817 cases); Kongo Central (6,246 cases); Lualaba (5,765 cases); South Kivu 4,027 (cases); Haut-Uélé (1,695 cases); Tshopo (1,583 cases); Ituri (1,443 cases); Kasai Oriental (957 cases); South Ubangi (901 cases); Ecuador (614 cases); Kasai Central (553 cases); Kasai (487 cases); Maniema (354 cases); Lomami (341 cases); North Ubangi (289 cases); Kwilu (230 cases); Mongala (207 cases); Tshuapa (154 cases); Mai-Ndombe (129 cases); Kwango (127 cases); Bas-Uélé (108 cases); Haut-Lomami (91 cases); Tanganyika (62 cases); Sankuru (58 cases). ACP/ODM/KKP/KMT
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