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DRC: There is no suspicious case of Ebola in Bukavu, the false "high risk" case has been tested negative in Birava
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - 18:14
It was a big warning this Wednesday, July 31, about a probable "high-risk" case of the Ebola outbreak that would be embarked on a boat from Goma to Bukavu. The case, a woman, was tested negative in a village in Birava, 30 km northeast of Bukavu where the boat that was carrying her made a stopover.
The governor of South Kivu, Theo Kasi, clarified this "false" alert that did not allow boats from Goma to dock as usual at the port of Bukavu before the tests of the response teams who worked almost for a whole day.
"We managed to examine the person, she is not affected by the Ebola virus. She's a woman, we found her in Birava. When we received the information at night, we ordered that all boats come to Bukavu, that there be no stop. But because of a communication problem, it happens that the boat Akonkwa was able to dock in Birava. When we were seized, we made the necessary contacts because we had first to locate her, she agreed to cooperate and our teams tested her negative, "said the governor of South Kivu this Wednesday night.
The passengers who traveled all night had to spend several hours stuck in the boats waiting for the "check-in". Their temperatures were taken one after the other before getting off the boats.
This alert came after the confirmation of a second case of the outbreak Tuesday in Goma. The patient died on Wednesday, said Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe who heads the technical secretariat responsible for the response to the Ebola virus that has already killed more than 1,700 in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.
Justin Mwamba
DRC: There is no suspicious case of Ebola in Bukavu, the false "high risk" case has been tested negative in Birava
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - 18:14
It was a big warning this Wednesday, July 31, about a probable "high-risk" case of the Ebola outbreak that would be embarked on a boat from Goma to Bukavu. The case, a woman, was tested negative in a village in Birava, 30 km northeast of Bukavu where the boat that was carrying her made a stopover.
The governor of South Kivu, Theo Kasi, clarified this "false" alert that did not allow boats from Goma to dock as usual at the port of Bukavu before the tests of the response teams who worked almost for a whole day.
"We managed to examine the person, she is not affected by the Ebola virus. She's a woman, we found her in Birava. When we received the information at night, we ordered that all boats come to Bukavu, that there be no stop. But because of a communication problem, it happens that the boat Akonkwa was able to dock in Birava. When we were seized, we made the necessary contacts because we had first to locate her, she agreed to cooperate and our teams tested her negative, "said the governor of South Kivu this Wednesday night.
The passengers who traveled all night had to spend several hours stuck in the boats waiting for the "check-in". Their temperatures were taken one after the other before getting off the boats.
This alert came after the confirmation of a second case of the outbreak Tuesday in Goma. The patient died on Wednesday, said Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe who heads the technical secretariat responsible for the response to the Ebola virus that has already killed more than 1,700 in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.
Justin Mwamba
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