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DRC declares new Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka, province of Equateur (April 23, 2022) - Outbreak is over

Democratic Republic of Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka

23 April 2022

Brazzaville/Kinshasa, 23 April 2022 – The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province. This is the third outbreak in the province since 2018.

So far, just one case has been confirmed. The patient, a 31-year-old man, began experiencing symptoms on 5 April and after more than a week of care at home, sought treatment at a local health facility. On 21 April, the patient was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre for intensive care but died later that day. Having recognized the symptoms, health workers immediately submitted samples to test for Ebola virus disease. Investigations to determine the source of the outbreak are ongoing.

“Time is not on our side,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa. “The disease has had a two-week head start and we are now playing catch-up. The positive news is that health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have more experience than anyone else in the world at controlling Ebola outbreaks quickly.”

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experiencing its fourteenth Ebola outbreaks since 1976. The current outbreak is the sixth since 2018 alone – the most frequent occurrence in the country’s Ebola history. Previous outbreaks in Equateur Province were in 2020 and 2018, with 130 and 54 recorded cases respectively.

Efforts to stem the current outbreak are already underway. The deceased patient received a safe and dignified burial, which involves modifying traditional funeral ceremonies in a way that minimizes the risk of contagious fluids infecting attendees. Anyone who came in contact with the patient are also being identified and their health will be monitored. The health facility where the patient received care has been decontaminated.

WHO experts based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are supporting the national authorities to ramp up key outbreak response areas including testing, contact tracing, infection prevention and control, treatment as well as working with communities to support the public health measures to prevent infections.

Vaccination is set to kick off in the coming days. The country already has stockpiles of the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine available in the cities of Goma and Kinshasa. Vaccines will be sent to Mbandaka and administered through ‘ring vaccination’ strategy—where contacts and contacts of contacts are vaccinated to curb the spread of the virus and protect lives.

“Many people in Mbandaka are already vaccinated against Ebola, which should help reduce the impact of the disease,” said Dr Moeti. “All those who were vaccinated during the 2020 outbreak will be revaccinated.”

Ebola is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. There is now effective treatment available and if patients receive treatment early, as well as supportive care, their chances of survival improve significantly.

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DRC: resurgence of the Ebola virus in Equateur province

Published on :04/24/2022 - 02:35

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The Minister of Health declared this Saturday, the resurgence of the Ebola virus in the DRC after the confirmation of a case in Mbandaka, capital of the province of Equateur in the north-west of the country. The country's health authorities are therefore preparing the response. And this begins with the identification of contact cases of the patient.

With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa

The virus reappeared in a 31-year-old student who began to experience symptoms as early as April 5, before being admitted two weeks later to an Ebola treatment center, according to Health Minister Jean– Jacques Mbungani.

But it was already too late, the patient who died the day of his admission, had had time to be in contact with 74 people. The virus has already taken a head start, but the minister reassures that the response is being organized.

Teams from the provincial health division are already on the ground to identify and follow up these contact cases, and also to decontaminate health facilities and households.

The authorities are counting on the experience of the 13 previous epidemics that the country has already experienced. The response should be facilitated by treatments and vaccines already developed. The equator area is an important focus of Ebola. In 4 years, the virus has appeared there three times. The last outbreak was almost two years ago, in November 2020.

The analysis of the genetic sequence had concluded that it was of a distinct strain from that which appeared between May and July 2018. One being of animal origin.

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New Ebola epidemic declared in the DRC, one death

- The Democratic Republic of the Congo has already experienced thirteen Ebola epidemics
23.04.2022

AA / Kinshasa / Pascal Mulegwa

Congolese authorities announced on Saturday that a new case of Ebola has been detected in the province of Equateur located in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where a previous epidemic was brought under control in 2020. .

This new epidemic affects the health zone of Wangata, city of Mbandaka, capital of the province of Equateur, said the Congolese Minister of Health, Jean-Jacques Mbungani, in an official press release.

The first case is a 31-year-old student who died in a hemorrhagic picture on April 21, 2022 at the Ebola treatment center at Wangata General Hospital, according to the minister's statement.

“Teams from the Provincial Health Division and Wangata Health Zone are already on the ground carrying out response activities, including listing and tracking approximately 74 contacts so far and decontaminating health facilities. and households is underway,” according to the Congolese minister.

In 2020, an Ebola epidemic hit the same agglomeration, killing 55 people among 119 confirmed and 11 probable cases.

Ebola is a serious, often fatal disease in humans. The virus is transmitted to humans from wild animals (bushmeat for example) and then spreads in populations by human-to-human transmission, mainly from the biological fluids of patients (saliva, urine, vomit, blood), d 'after the World Health Organization (WHO).

The DRC is the cradle of Ebola, a virus discovered on its territory in 1974. The country has already experienced thirteen Ebola epidemics.

The 10th Ebola outbreak in the DRC, which lasted nearly two years, is the second largest outbreak in the world. By the time it ended, authorities and the WHO counted 3,481 cases, 2,299 deaths and 1,162 survivors.

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Declaration of the resurgence of the ebola virus in the province of Equateur by the Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention, Dr Jean-Jacques MBUNGANI, This Saturday, April 23, 2022.

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April 2022 Ebola virus disease case in Equateur Province, DRC, represents a new spillover event

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On April 23, 2022, the Minister of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention announced a new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) occurring in Mbandaka health zone in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). EVD outbreaks occurred previously in Equateur Province in 2018 and 2020.

The 31-year-old male, a student from Boende in Tshuapa Province, returned to Mbandaka, Equateur Province on February 25, 2022. He was vaccinated against Ebola virus in 2020 and is not known to be an EVD survivor. Symptom onset occurred on April 05, 2022 with fever and headache, which were treated at home. He was admitted to the Bongisa Libota Health Center in Mbandaka on April 16, where he was hospitalized for three days, before being transferred on April 19 to the Wangata General Reference Hospital in Mbandaka. On April 21, signs of haemorrhagic fever appeared, and the patient was placed in isolation at the Wangata Ebola treatment center as a suspected EVD patient but died the same day.

Blood and swab samples were taken, which tested positive for Ebola virus at the Mbandaka provincial laboratory on April 21. The two samples were sent to the Institut National Recherche Biomedicale (INRB) in Kinshasa where Ebola virus was confirmed by GeneXpert on April 23.

Sequencing

The blood and oral swab samples were sequenced at the Pathogen Genomics Laboratory at INRB-Kinshasa on an Oxford Nanopore Technologies GridION. Sequencing libraries were prepared using an amplicon sequencing approach (Mbala-Kingebeni, 2021; Grubaugh et al., 2019; Quick et al. 2017), generating identical genomes with 98.3% and 96.7% genome coverage.

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The two genomes were identical and the genome with highest coverage (22MBK0001) was aligned with genomes from prior sequenced Ebola virus disease outbreaks using MAFFT (Katoh, 2013). A phylogenetic tree was inferred using RAxML (Stamatakis, 2014; Figure 1). The new genome was most closely related to the Equateur 2020 outbreak but fell outside the outbreak clade, indicating that this case represents a new spillover event from the host reservoir and is not directly linked to the Equateur 2018 or Equateur 2020 EVD outbreaks. Further epidemiologic investigations are ongoing.

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EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK
EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Publication date: 04/24/2022
Data reported as of 04/23/2021

CONTEXT

On April 23, 2022, the Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention of the DRC has
declared the 14th outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mbandaka, Equateur province. The
declaration occurred after confirmation by the reference laboratory (INRB) of a case of
Ebola virus disease (EVD) in a 31-year-old male college student living in the neighborhood
Mbandaka 1, ZS Wangata. This student has returned to the city of Mbandaka since February 25, 2022,
back from Boendé, in the province of Tshuapa, where he was doing an internship. The start date of
symptoms would date back to 05/04/2022 by fever and headaches, treated at home without
hit. On 04/16/2022 he consulted a Mbankaka Health Center for persistent fever,
physical asthenia and vomiting for which he was observed under treatment for three
days. Because of the persistence of symptoms, the patient was transferred to the General Hospital of
Reference (HGR) from Wangata on 04/19/2022 for better support. On 04/21/2022, continued
at the onset of hemorrhagic signs (gingivorrhagia, conjunctival injection and bleeding
persistent at the injection site) and dyspnoea the patient is placed in isolation at the center of
Ebola treatment (CTE) of Wangata where he died on the same 21/04/2022 in the night.

The blood sample taken and analyzed on April 21, 2022 at the Mbandaka laboratory was found to be
positive for Ebola virus disease. The PCR carried out by the INRB of Kinshasa on April 23
2022 on 2 samples (blood and Swab) from the same patient was also positive for the disease
to Ebola virus.

Equateur Province has experienced 2 EVD outbreaks since 2018:
• The 9th EVD epidemic which took place from May 08 to July 24, 2018 recorded 54 cases,
including 33 deaths (lethality 61%);
• The 11th EVD epidemic which took place from 01
June 1 to November 18, 2020 recorded 130
cases, including 55 deaths (42% fatality rate).

The launch of the REDISSE IV Post-Ebola project in the province of Equateur by the Minister of
Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention took place on 04/16/2022. The objective is to contribute to
maintaining heightened vigilance for epidemics and strengthening the health system in the
province of Equateur and neighboring provinces.

SITUATION UPDATE
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL

- A confirmed case dated 04/23/2022 in the city of Mbandaka;
- The only confirmed case died and received a safe burial;
- 108 contacts listed between 21 and 23/04/2022;
- A health zone affected in this case that of Mbandaka.

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Second Ebola patient dies in northwestern Congo


NAIROBI, April 26 (Reuters) - A second Ebola patient has died in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, days into a fresh outbreak of the deadly disease.

Genetic testing showed an infection confirmed last week in the city of Mbandaka was a new “spillover event”, a transmission from an infected animal, and not linked to any previous outbreaks, said the National Institute of Biomedical Research.

The second fatality was a 25-year-old woman who was the sister-in-law of the first case, the WHO said on Twitter. She began experiencing symptoms 12 days earlier, it said.




The first patient began showing symptoms on April 5, but did not seek treatment for more than a week. He died in an Ebola treatment centre on April 21.

The lag time has health workers rushing to identify contacts who may have been infected, said the WHO.




At least 145 people came into contact with the confirmed cases and their health is being closely monitored, the WHO said.




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#DRC health authorities confirmed a 2nd case of #Ebola in Mbandaka on April 25. The 25-year-old woman, who died today, had started showing symptoms 12 days earlier.

3:35 AM Apr 26, 2022 Twitter Web App
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The investigations indicate that she is the sister-in-law of the 1st case, therefore a high-risk contact case. Responders are hard at work quickly identifying and monitoring anyone who has had contact with her.
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At least 145 people have been in contact with the confirmed cases. Their state of health is closely monitored.


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DISEASE A OUTBREAK SITUATION REPORT
EBOLA VIRUS
EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Publication date: April 26, 2022
Data reported: April 24 and 25, 2022
...

Highlights

• One new confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been detected as of
25/04/2022 in the ZS of Mbandaka;
• Only one HZ (Mbandaka) remains affected among the 3 HZs of the city of Mbandaka;
• Lethality is 100% (2 deaths/2 confirmed cases).

Key figures

• Cumulative cases: 2 confirmed cases
• Number of contacts listed: 144
• Number of health zones affected: 1
• Number of AS affected: 1
• Number of samples analyzed: 5
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UPDATE OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION

A new confirmed case was notified on 25/04/2022; it's about sex
female, aged 25, known contact, nurse of confirmed case M31, who refused to be
support at CTE. She reportedly received treatment at a health center from April 18 to 22
2022 before joining a prayer group in Mbandaka where he died. A levy
(swab) was performed and came back positive for the Ebola virus;
The total is 2 confirmed cases (including 1 male and 1 female);
The overall lethality is 100.0% (2/2);
37 new contacts listed between 21 and 25/04/2022;
A health zone affected in this case that of Mbandaka
...

Alert management

The community death alert (sister-in-law of the confirmed M31) reported on
04/25/2021, was investigated, validated and sampled (swab), the sample came back positive for the virus
Ebola.

Contact tracing

From 24 to 25/04/2022, 37 new contacts were listed, including 26 in the Libiki AS and 11 in
AS Motema Pembe; A total of 144 contacts are being followed up, of whom 86 (59.7%)
were seen.

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Laboratory

From 21 to 24/04/2022, 3 samples (1 blood and 2 swab) from the two cases M31 and F25 were
income positive for Ebola virus;

The results of the sequencing carried out at the INRB indicate that this case represents a new
introduction of the reservoir to humans and is not directly linked to Ebola outbreaks in
Ecuador 2018 or Ecuador 2020.

Establishment of a circuit for the collection, transport and analysis of samples as well as the
delivery of results.
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Medical and nutritional support

No patients admitted to ETC;
Existence of a minimum team (1 supervisor, 1 driver, 2 nurses and 2 hygienists) to
the “Out Reach”;
Implementation of temporary isolation at the Bongisa Libota Medical Center with a capacity
of 2 beds.

Infection Prevention and Control

Decontamination of CS Maman Balako and 5 households around 2 confirmed cases;
Donation of complementary PCI Kits to Clinique Bongisa Libota, CRS Maman Balako, BCZS
Wangata and BCZS Mbandaka;
Score-card evaluation at CSR Mama Balako 62.7%; an improvement plan has been developed
Continuation of inventories of inputs at the level of the DPS;
In the ZS of Wangata, 8 service providers were briefed on the various PCI themes in
the monitoring and support framework of CSR Mama Balako;
Revision of the water supply circuit at CTE Wangata;
Donation of a collective washbasin at the HGR Wangata.

Update on dignified and safe burials

A community death alert was raised on 04/25/2022, the swab made came back
positive and dignified and safe burial (DHS) has been achieved.
...
https://www.humanitarianresponse.in...s/files/sitrep_mve_n002_25042022_equateur.pdf
 
Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON377


Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo
28 April 2022


Outbreak at a glance:

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the country after a case was confirmed from Mbandaka, Equateur province. The onset of symptoms was on 5 April. The case subsequently died on 21 April, and a safe and dignified burial was performed. The second case, a family member, was confirmed on 25 April. As of 27 April, 267 contacts have been identified; other measures, including contact tracing, further investigations, decontamination of households and health facilities, are ongoing.


This is the third EVD outbreak in Equateur province and the sixth in the country since 2018. Previous outbreaks in Equateur province occurred in 2020 and 2018, with 130 and 54 confirmed and probable cases recorded, respectively.


Outbreak overview:

On 23 April 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) after laboratory confirmation of a case, a 31-year-old male from Mbandaka. a city of approximately 1.2 million people in the north-western Equateur province. The case had symptoms onset on 5 April, with fever and headache, and was under home treatment with antimalarial drugs and antibiotics before being admitted to two health facilities between 16 and 21 April, where infection prevention and control (IPC) measures were inadequate. Given the persistence of symptoms and appearance of haemorrhagic signs on 21 April, he was admitted to the General Referral Hospital in Wangata. He died on 21 April after which a safe and dignified burial was conducted. A blood sample taken by the provincial laboratory in Mbandaka tested positive for Ebola virus by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on 21 April, and an oral swab analysed on 22 April also tested positive for Ebola virus. For confirmation, blood samples and oral swabs were sent to the reference laboratory, the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) in Kinshasa and tested positive for Ebola virus by RT-PCR.


On 25 April, health authorities confirmed a second EVD case, a 25-year-old woman from Mbandaka who was a family member of the first case. She developed symptoms on 13 April and was treated at home for five days. While symptomatic, she visited a prayer house, a health center, a pharmacy and a nurse’s home. She died on 25 April and a safe and dignified burial was performed on the same day.


Ebola virus disease is present in animal reservoirs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and before this EVD outbreak, the country had reported 13 EVD outbreaks since 1976. The current outbreak is the third EVD outbreak in Equateur province and the sixth in the country since 2018. The last outbreak in the Equateur Province was declared over in November 2020, after 130 confirmed and probable cases were recorded and nearly six months after the first cases were reported (more details, published in Disease outbreak news on 18 November 2020).
Full genome sequencing was performed at the INRB in Kinshasa and results indicate that this outbreak represents a new spill-over from the animal population.

Figure-1: Confirmed cases of EVD in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as of 27 April




Public health response

The Ministry of Health (MoH), in coordination with WHO and other partners have initiated measures to control the outbreak and prevent further spread. The MoH has activated the national and provincial emergency management committees to coordinate the response. Multidisciplinary teams are being reassigned to manage this outbreak. Outbreak control interventions are being organized in the field and include case investigation, contact tracing, surveillance at points of entry and checkpoints, isolation of suspected cases, laboratory confirmation, IPC measures in health facilities as well as community engagement and social mobilization.

EVD response interventions include:
  • Strong engagement with communities focusing on EVD prevention, early recognition of symptoms and care seeking and vaccination.
  • Case investigations and contact tracing activities including on-going in-depth interventions around the two confirmed cases. To date 267 contacts have been identified of which two suspected cases have tested negative for EVD.
  • Alert system is being set-up in the affected areas.
  • Sixteen points of control have been activated in Mbandaka.
  • A functional laboratory is established in Mbandaka, and supplies have been delivered.
  • On 24 April, the International Coordinating Group on vaccine provision received and approved the use of 1307 doses of the Ervebo licensed vaccine stored in Goma. On 26 April, 200 doses of Ervebo vaccine and matching injection devices arrived in Mbandaka. Ring vaccination started on 27 April. Further doses will be shipped as needed and as ultra-cold chain capacities are strengthened in Mbandaka.
  • On-going assessment and rehabilitation of Mbandaka Ebola Treatment Centre and strengthening of screening, triage and isolation capacities of other health facilities.
  • Twenty treatment courses of monoclonal antibodies were received in Mbandaka on 26 April.
  • Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures have been initiated and include decontamination of health facilities, assessment and support to health facilities and training of health care workers on implementation of IPC measures, and water and sanitation rehabilitation.


WHO risk assessment

Preliminary information indicates that the first confirmed case was treated at home from the onset of symptoms before being admitted to two health facilities between 16 to 21 April. Since the case was isolated after the onset of haemorrhagic signs, there is a risk of EVD spread in the province. Additionally, due to inadequate IPC measures in place at the health facilities there is also the risk of spread among health workers and co-patients of the two facilities which the patient visited prior to the confirmation of EVD.

The exposure of the first case remains unknown, and therefore, it is difficult to assess the extent of the outbreak at this stage.

The current resurgence is not unexpected given that EVD is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Ebola virus is present in animal reservoirs in the region. A confluence of environmental and socioeconomic factors such as poverty, community mistrust, weak health systems, and political instability may be accelerating the rate of the emergence of EVD in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Although Mbandaka has experienced two EVD outbreaks in 2020 and 2018, some of the improvements achieved by establishing capacities such as IPC measures in health facilities during previous outbreaks have not been maintained over time to tackle the current outbreak. There is a need to support the province's health professionals to conduct an effective response. In addition, logistical support is needed to reactivate the health infrastructure that was put in place during previous epidemics.

The risk of regional and international spread of this epidemic is not precluded as the city of Mbandaka borders the Congo River and has river and land connections with the capital Kinshasa, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and Angola. Mbandaka also has air connections with Sud Ubangi province bordering Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo and the capital Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kinshasa.

The risk associated with EVD in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is high due to the presence of animal reservoirs or intermediate hosts implicated in previous spill-over events, the high frequency of these outbreaks, environmental and anthropogenic factors[SUP]1[/SUP] , and reduced capacity of the public health sector due to other ongoing outbreaks of cholera, measles, monkeypox, and COVID-19 pandemic in the context of a protracted humanitarian crisis due to ongoing violence and conflict.


The risk at regional and global level is assessed to be moderate and low respectively. WHO is closely monitoring the situation and the risk assessment will be updated as more information becomes available.



WHO advice

WHO advises the following risk reduction measures as an effective way to reduce Ebola virus disease transmission in humans:
  • Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission from contact with infected fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption of their raw meat. Animals should be handled with gloves and other appropriate protective clothing. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before consumption.
  • Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission from direct or close contact with people with Ebola symptoms, particularly with their bodily fluids. Urgently refer any suspected cases to health care facility where patient should be screened, triaged and isolated accordingly. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn when taking care of patients suspected or confirmed with EVD. Regular hand washing is required after visiting patients in hospital, as well as after touching or coming into contact with any body fluids.
  • Reducing the risk of possible sexual transmission, based on further analysis of ongoing research and consideration by the WHO Advisory Group on the Ebola Virus Disease Response. WHO recommends that male survivors of EVD practice safe sex for 12 months from onset of symptoms or until their semen tests negative twice for Ebola virus. Contact with body fluids should be avoided and washing with soap and water is recommended. WHO does not recommend isolation of male or female convalescent patients whose blood has tested negative for Ebola virus.
  • All EVD control intervention should be grounded into strong community engagement, aiming at building trust with affected populations and supporting them to implement preventive measures and adhere to response interventions.
  • Continue training and re-training of the health workforce for early detection, isolation, and treatment of EVD cases as well as re-training on safe and dignified burials and the IPC ring approach.
  • Ensure availability of PPE and assess IPC capacities (including WASH and waste management) in all healthcare settings to manage ill patients and for decontamination.
  • Prepare for ring vaccination of contacts and contacts of contacts of confirmed cases and of frontline workers.
  • Engage with communities to reinforce safe and dignified burial practices...
 
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DISEASE A OUTBREAK SITUATION REPORT
EBOLA VIRUS

EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Publication date: April 29, 2022
Data reported: April 28, 2022
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Highlights

• No new confirmed case at the end of the day of 04/28/2022;
• A new admission to CTE Wangata; it is a frontline provider of the HGR
Wangata, known contact of confirmed M31, who presented with fever, headache and asthenia
physical, his condition is stable in view of the vital parameters recorded by the medical team of the
CTE Wangata;
• Only one HZ (Mbandaka) remains affected among the 3 HZs of the city of Mbandaka.

Key figures

• Cumulative cases: 2 confirmed cases
• Number of contacts listed: 324
• Number of health zones affected: 1
• Number of AS affected: 1
• Number of samples analyzed: 21
• Accumulated contacts vaccinated: 148

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https://www.humanitarianresponse.in...s/files/sitrep_mve_n005_28042022_equateur.pdf
 
Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/third-ebola-case-confirmed-in-northwest-congo-who-says-2

Third Ebola case confirmed in northwest Congo, WHO says
May 05, 2022 • 2 hours ago

DAKAR — Health authorities have confirmed a third Ebola case in the city of Mbandaka in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

The 48-year-old man is a high-risk contact of the first patient, who died on April 21, said the WHO on Twitter...
 
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