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Cross-border collaboration
Point of entry surveillance
Minister of Health on mission in Eastern DRC
Press Conference in Goma: Minister of Health reassured people
137 Contaminated health workers
One health worker, vaccinated, is one of the new confirmed cases of Mandima.
The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 137 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.
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Cross-border collaboration
- Uganda's health authorities have launched investigations to find the contacts of a patient who died at the CTE in Beni on July 15, 2019, who had spent a day in Kasese district in Uganda a few days earlier. The patient is a Beni shopkeeper who went to the Mpondwe market in Kasese on Thursday, July 11 before returning to Beni on Friday, July 12. She was a regular at the Kasese market where she bought her goods, including fish.
- To enter Uganda, she did not go through a formal entry point where there was a health check, which did not allow health teams to detect her. However, after her admission to the CTE of Beni, she informed the medical teams of her trip to Kasese and the teams then alerted the Ugandan authorities. During her visit to the market, she would have vomited four times, increasing the risk of contamination of people who had been in direct contact with her. For example, the Ugandan Ministry of Health and WHO launched the investigation in Kasese to identify all contacts and vaccinate them.
Point of entry surveillance
- From now on, the Port of Entry Monitoring Team will operate 24 hours a day at Goma International Airport. This surveillance began this Thursday, July 18, 2019.
- Port of Entry monitoring teams work night and day to find contacts from confirmed cases traveling in the area. It was the teams at the OPRP Health Checkpoint in the Nyragongo Health Zone who intercepted two bikers who had transported the deceased pastor and his mother. The two bikers were then directed to the vaccination teams to protect themselves against the disease. In general, when contacts from affected areas attempt to travel to Goma or Bunia and are intercepted at a checkpoint, they are usually returned to their original health zone to complete their 21-day follow-up period.
Minister of Health on mission in Eastern DRC
- The Minister of Health, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga arrived in Goma this Thursday, July 18, 2019. He spent the day on the ground to meet the different teams responsible for protecting the city against the virus. He began his visit through the Great Northern Control Point, called the OPRP, located in the Nyragongo Health Zone where the pastor from Butembo passed. In the same health zone, he also visited the new Ebola treatment center (ETC) still under construction. This CTE, built by M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF), will have a capacity of 60 beds.
- Its mission will continue throughout North Kivu and Ituri to ensure the proper conduct of the response.
Press Conference in Goma: Minister of Health reassured people
- The coordination of the response held a press conference on Thursday in Goma following the WHO statement on the public health emergency of international concern.
- The Minister of Health reassured the population that the response teams and health staff in Goma City had been preparing for the arrival of sick people from areas affected by the epidemic. . Thus the person was very quickly identified and isolated, he said, adding that all the people who were in contact with this case were found and vaccinated. He took the opportunity to congratulate the health center nurse Afia Himbi who had quickly recognized this case and promised to meet him during his stay in Goma.
- He called on caregivers to remain vigilant and attentive. To the population, he recommended the respect of the measures of hygiene, the call of the green number if a relative is sick, the agreement to be vaccinated and to be followed during 21 days when one is identified like contact and the respect for safe and dignified burials.
- During this press conference, Dr. Oly Ilunga also referred to the statement of the international expert committee on the public health emergency. For the Minister of Health, the DRC welcomed this statement, noting that for the DRC, the epidemic is a public health emergency with a risk of regional spread since its declaration in August 2018. " It is in this spirit coordinating the response has worked with international partners, such as WHO, UNICEF and others , "he said.
- He also pointed out that this declaration is of greater importance for the neighboring countries of the DRC. He reassured his foreign counterparts of the intensification of surveillance in the DRC. He recalled that WHO has advised against closing borders and restricting international movements of the population. He hopes that this statement will not have too much impact on the lives of the people.
137 Contaminated health workers
One health worker, vaccinated, is one of the new confirmed cases of Mandima.
The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 137 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.
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