DRC - Plague outbreak 2022 - 2023

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WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

Week 16: 11 – 17 April 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 17 April 2022
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All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Plague
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Date notified to WCO
12-Mar-19

Start of reporting period
1-Jan-20

End of reporting period
17-Apr-2022

Total cases 655

Deaths 47

CFR 7.2%

Between epidemiological weeks 1-15 of 2022, 56 case of plague have been reported with 2 deaths (3.6% CFR). The outbreak is currently focused in two sanitation areas Rassia and Lokpa where the latter makes up 95% of cases reported this year. During 2021, a total of 138 suspected cases including 14 deaths (CFR 10.1%) were reported. During 2020, a total of 461 suspected cases including 31 deaths (CFR 6.7%) were reported.

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DRC: Plague outbreak in Ituri - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF n° MDRCD035
Format Situation Report
Source IFRC
Posted 29 Apr 2022
Originally published 28 Apr 2022

A. Situation analysis

Description of the disaster

On 04 April 2022, the Provincial Health Division (DPS) of the province of Ituri declared a resurgence of the Bubonic Plague epidemic in the health zone of Rethy, in the territory of Djugu. According to the authorities, the history of this disease in the Rethy health zone goes back to more than 9 outbreaks, including this one. The eighth one dates back to January 2022 in the UKETHA health area. On 07/04/2022, the epidemiological situation covering 26 March to 4 April was as follows from DPS data: 31 notified cases of which only 15 have been tested, 2 deaths and nearly 2,000 contacts listed in the absence of local reactivity. The epicenter of the plague disease is in the Health Areas of Lokpa, Rassia, and Uketha, where the 3 confirmed cases are located. These three health areas are in the Rethy health zone, Djugu territory, in ITURI Province.

Between 4 and 16 April 2022, 27 suspected cases in addition to the above were notified by the Lokpa Health Centre but in the absence of testing, the confirmation of cases remains very low and the level of vulnerability is underestimated. The absence of partners in the Rethy Health Zone apart from the local branch of the DRC Red Cross, MEDAIR, and MALTESER, as well as the lack of materials, greatly limits the response and the establishment of effective disease control and containment system.....

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DRC: the bubonic plague epidemic reported in Ituri, 24 cases including 2 deaths already recorded

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 - 3:28 p.m..

Bubonic plague is resurfacing in the Rety health zone in Ituri province, where out of twenty-four (24) cases have been notified, including 17 children since March 27. Two (2) deaths have already been recorded in the territory of Djugu, told ACTUALITE.CD, the head doctor of the provincial health division of Ituri.

Doctor Louis Tshulo, specifies that “fifteen samples taken from the bodies were analyzed in the laboratory, and two were found to be due to the plague. Plague is a bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis (plague bacillus). It is transmitted to humans by rodents and their fleas. We ask all the population of the Zone to respect the measures to fight against this disease, namely: avoid sleeping on the ground, clean up their house, evacuate garbage, leftover food which can attract infected rats in the house, destroy the places of refuge of rodents "

It is in this part of Ituri that the plague is commonly reported. These cases of plague were notified in the health areas of Lokpa and Rassia.

Symptoms of bubonic plague include the appearance of buboes, fever and certain malaises. When there is a mutation towards the pulmonary form, the transmission is human-to-human, when someone touches it, it can also contaminate the person in front of it and it goes quickly, and it is this form which can be complicated with a septicaemic form (blood infection), and then death is imminent.

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https://actualite.cd/2022/05/04/rdc-lepidemie-de-peste-bubonique-signalee-en-ituri-24-cas-dont-2-morts-deja-enregistres

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Ituri: a first case of pneumonic plague detected in Djugu

Published on Fri, 03/06/2022 - 17:05 | Modified on Fri, 03/06/2022 - 20:56

A first case of pneumonic plague was recorded Thursday, June 2, in the health zone of Rethy, in the territory of Djugu (Ituri).

He is a man in his forties living in Belendju village in the Lokpa health area.

Following a few symptoms presented, such as fever and headaches, he was taken to the general reference hospital in Rethy, where he was placed in isolation and under treatment.

The rapid test carried out revealed the case of pneumonic plague, said doctor Jean de Dieu Dheda.

This situation worries the local health authorities, because this case comes on top of the bubonic plague, which is not yet under control. Indeed, this entity is already facing the epidemic of bubonic plague triggered since March with 5 deaths out of the 217 positive cases notified.

For the moment, the health zone is faced with problems of stock shortages of drugs for the care of patients.

Apart from this need, explains this doctor, the medical profession lacks protective equipment as well as other needs.

The head doctor of the Rethy health zone pleads for assistance in medicines and protective equipment, in order to cut the chain of propagation of these diseases.

https://www.radiookapi.net/2022/06/0...-detecte-djugu

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Source: https://outbreaknewstoday.com/plague...f-congo-50948/


Plague update in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
by News Desk
July 2, 2022


On 04 April 2022, the Provincial Health Division (DPS) of the province of Ituri declared a resurgence of the Bubonic Plague epidemic in the health zone of Rethy, in the territory of Djugu.
From 27 Mar 2022 to 26 Jun 2022, 91 days of the epidemic, the health zone of Rethy, located in Djugu territory, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), continues to report plague cases. A total of 351 suspected cases of plague have been reported, representing an attack rate of 0.14% with 5 deaths (case fatality rate 1.4%).

So far, the most affected health area is Lokpa with 80.9% of cases, followed by Rassia 7.6% and Uketha 7.4%. The majority of people who have contracted the plague are in the age group >5 years (302 cases, 86%) compared with 13.9% (49 cases) among those <5 years, with an average age of 16 years. The bubonic form is dominant — 99.7% — with 0.3% of cases being the pulmonary form.

The health zone is faced with problems of stock shortages of drugs for the care of patients.

Apart from this need, explains this doctor, the medical profession lacks protective equipment as well as other needs...

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023 HEALTH

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DRC: 638 cases of plague recorded in 2022

In addition, the report of the epidemiological surveillance department of the general directorate for the fight against disease of the Ministry of Health informs that six hundred and thirty-eight (638) cases of plague, including 14 deaths, i.e. (2.1%) of fatality rates were recorded the same year in 2022 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The puncture of a bubo and the disinfection of households were the difficulties encountered by the team in the field. The plague is a disease of zoonotic origin, that is to say, it is transmitted from man to animal, we recall. ACP/ODM/KMT/SGB


https://acpcongo.com/index.php/2023/...stres-en-2022/

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DR Congo: Humanitarian situation in Ituri province (July 21, 2023)
Format Situation Report Source OCHA Posted 21 Jul 2023 Originally published 21 Jul 2023
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Territories of Mambasa, Irumu and Djugu
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The health authorities also notified five suspected cases of plague, including two deaths (fatality rate 40%) between July 3 and 9 in theRethy health zone (Djugu territory). As of July 9, this area has reported more than 60 cases and 10 deaths (lethality of 16%) against 462 cases and 7 deaths (lethality of 2%) at the same period of the year 2022. The security situation remains very worrying in the Rethy health zone, which limits public health interventions.

https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/rd-congo-situation-humanitaire-dans-la-province-de-lituri-21-juillet-2023

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Information meeting
general & humanitarian
Situation of epidemics in the Province of Ituri
to W36/2023

September 15, 2023

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Plague Situation

2 cases/2 deaths at W36 (fatality 100
%) in the ZS of Rethy, against 0
cases/0 deaths at W35 in the ZS of
Rethy

 Total (W1 – W36/2023) of 85
cases/17 deaths (fatality 18.1%)

 ZS at the top of the notification:

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https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/reunion-dinformations-generales-humanitaires-situation-des-epidemies-dans-la-province-de-lituri-la-s362023-15-septembre-2023