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Sant? / Haut-U?l?: a proven case of ebola from Watsa notified to Butembo
It is the administrator of this territory who delivered the news this Monday, January 28, 2019 during a meeting of security extended to local notabilities in the room of the community center in Durba.
The victim, who was not accepted in Komanda in Ituri and tested positively upon arrival, is currently at the ebola center in Butembo, North Kivu. The 33-year-old trader had been transferred since the 15th of the current month to receive proper care in his home after five days of hospitalization in a health facility in Moku, a trading center about 50 kilometers from Watsa. -Center.
The territorial authority invites its citizens not to panic. However, Innocent Makanda Mwamba Lubusu insists on the observance of preventive measures, including washing hands, shaking hands, handling or consuming smoked meat or animals found dead and others to deal with this situation.
Already 26 people contacted by the victim, including the medical staff, have been identified, isolated and followed up. A delegation led by Congolese Minister of Public Health Oly Ilunga and its partners is announced for Tuesday for adequate measures, says Makanda.
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01/28/2019
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Haut-U?l?: Minister of Health Oly Ilunga in Watsa to get a feel for the epidemiological situation
Haut-U?l? on maximum alert since the announcement of a positive case tested ebola virus in Butembo from Moku in Watsa territory last weekend.
It is this health emergency that justifies the arrival on Tuesday 29 January 2019 at 15:30 'of the Congolese Minister of Public Health in this part of the country.
Oly Ilunga at the head of a strong delegation including experts from his ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) will study together with the local authorities the plan for deployment of adequate response mechanisms to cope with to this ebola virus disease he told the press. But already the boss of health in the Democratic Republic of Congo speaks reassuring signals in view of the negative results of investigations carried out on the basis of biological and epidemiological elements by the advance team arrived on the ground the day before.
Mr. Ilunga calls on the population of the region to remain calm, to trust the politico-administrative and health authorities and above all to respect all the security directives that will be provided.
The delegation also noted the presence of the provincial health minister Edmond Mitano Dekuba and that of his colleague in charge of decentralization and customary affairs Ndambo Danga.
Today, 35 people are under surveillance at the Moku Trading Center, a suspected center for this viral disease located almost 50 kilometers from Watsa Center.
Recall that the politico-administrative and security authorities were alerted to the notification of a positive case of ebola virus disease in Butembo in North Kivu from the health zone of Watsa in Haut-U?l?. The victim, a 30-year-old young economic operator, had been transferred since the 15th of the current month to receive appropriate care in his home environment after five days of hospitalization in a local health facility.
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29/01/2019 / BY WRITING
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