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"Covid-19 is no longer a public health problem in the DRC" (Dr Muyembe)

13.10.2022
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The coordinator of the Technical Secretariat of the Multisector Covid-19 Response Committee, virologist Jean Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, told reporters in Kinshasa on Wednesday (October 12th) that Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is no longer a problem. public health in the DRC.

The Covid-19 epidemic, he said, is under control and under control thanks to vaccination and respect for barrier gestures by the population. Many Congolese have understood the importance of vaccination and are getting vaccinated more and more.

Indeed, it has been observed for more than 5 months that the number of new cases of Covid-19 per day in the DRC is only decreasing. On Saturday October 8, 2022, for example, the country reported no cases of Covid-19.

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Covid-19: Jean-Jacques Muyembe announces the end of the pandemic in the DRC

Kinshasa14-10-2022Health – The famous Congolese virologist, in a video shared this Friday, October 14 by the Congolese Press Agency (ACP), combined this disease with the past in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“I can even say that the situation is really under control. Covid, for the moment, is no longer a public health problem in our country,” said Jean-Jacques Muyembe, coordinator of the Multisectoral Committee for the Fight against Covid-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The virologist puts these positive results in the efforts to vaccinate the population. “It is thanks to vaccination that this disease was overcome. The number of vaccinated is only increasing. The Congolese population has become aware of how to avoid Covid-19. So this commitment of the population has made herd immunity very strong. This made it difficult for the virus to circulate,” explained this anti-Ebola hero in the DRC.

For Muyembe, this pandemic can be combined with the past now, if this awareness of the population continues. “If it continues like this, we can say that the pandemic is now in the past”, he rejoiced.

Declared on March 10, 2020 in the DRC, this pandemic has caused hundreds of deaths in the country. Kinshasa was the most affected city in the country with a greater number of illnesses and deaths.

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Covid-19: the epidemic remains active in 9 of the 26 provinces of the DRC

By hbb-November 28, 2022075


Kinshasa, November 28, 2022 (ACP).- The Covid-19 epidemic is still active in 9 of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which have notified new cases in the last 2 weeks, i.e. from 13 to 26 November 2022, according to statistics from the Technical Secretariat of the Multisector Covid-19 Response Committee consulted by the ACP.

These 9 provinces that have continued to report cases of Covid-19 for the past 2 weeks are Kinshasa, North Kivu, Haut-Katanga, Kongo Central, Lualaba, Sud-Kivu, Haut-Uélé and Kasaï. .

All 26 provinces of the DRC are affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. But several provinces have not been reporting cases for more than 3 months.

These include the provinces of Sankuru, Tanganyika, Bas-Uélé, Tshuapa, Mongala, Maniema and Haut-Lomami.

The Covid-19 epidemic in the DRC is currently experiencing its sixth wave, according to the Multisectoral Covid-19 Response Committee which announced it on November 23, 2022 at the end of its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Jean-Michel. Sama Lukonde.

6 new cases of Covid-19 recorded on Saturday in 3 provinces of the DRC

In addition, six (6) new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Saturday in 3 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), out of 406 samples tested, including 3 cases in Kinshasa, 2 in North Kivu and 1 in Kasai. , reports the daily bulletin of the Technical Secretariat of the Multisectoral Committee for the Response to Covid-19 received Monday at the ACP.

Since the declaration of the epidemic in the DRC on March 10, 2020, the cumulative number of cases is 94,421, including 94,419 confirmed cases and 2 probable cases.

In total, there were 83,701 people cured and 1,366 deaths.

The source also indicates that vaccination coverage has reached 11.97% of the estimated target population of 53.9 million people in the DRC.

The Covid-19 test is free throughout the national territory, except for unvaccinated travelers who will have to pay 30 US dollars.

All twenty-six (26) provinces of the DRC are affected by this epidemic as follows: Kinshasa (50,470 cases); North Kivu (10,711 cases); Haut-Katanga (6,817 cases); Kongo Central (6,246 cases); Lualaba (5,765 cases); South Kivu 4,027 (cases); Haut-Uélé (1,695 cases); Tshopo (1,583 cases); Ituri (1,443 cases); Kasai Oriental (957 cases); South Ubangi (901 cases); Ecuador (614 cases); Kasai Central (553 cases); Kasai (487 cases); Maniema (354 cases); Lomami (341 cases); North Ubangi (289 cases); Kwilu (230 cases); Mongala (207 cases); Tshuapa (154 cases); Mai-Ndombe (129 cases); Kwango (127 cases); Bas-Uélé (108 cases); Haut-Lomami (91 cases); Tanganyika (62 cases); Sankuru (58 cases). ACP/ODM/KKP/KMT

https://acpcongo.com/index.php/2022...ure-active-dans-9-des-26-provinces-de-la-rdc/