Building on lessons learned from previous epidemic outbreaks, the United Nations Agency supports health authorities to carry out 'ring' immunization with people at high risk of Ebola.
" Nearly 9200 dose of vaccine arrived in Kinshasa from Geneva on 17 June. It is hoped that 4600 of these dose of vaccine will arrive in Mbandaka at the end of this week next Saturday ", said Fadela Chaib, WHO speaker adding that this type of vaccination effort has been effective in monitoring Ebola epidemic in eastern DRC.
Since the start of the vaccination efforts on June 5, 3648 people have already been vaccinated. This includes over 600 front-line health agents. Vaccination activities in Bolomba also started this weekend. In addition to vaccines, essential supplies including vaccines, test kits and personal protective equipment were shipped from Goma and arrived on Monday in Ecuador.
The Ebola epidemic in Ecuador province in western DRC, which began on June 1, affects five health areas. The last two affected health areas, Bolomba and Iboko, are about 200 kilometres from where the first case was identified in Mbandaka.
No new cases for 7 weeks in eastern DRC
A new confirmed case has been reported for the day of June 17
"He is a 35-year-old man who died in the community, of Moke health area, in the of health area", tweeted Thursday night the WHO office in the DRC. As of June 17, 18 cases (15 confirmed and 3 likely) of which 12 deaths have been recorded since the beginning of this epidemic, a death rate of more than 65 %. Two health agents are among the cases contaminated with the virus.
On the ground, WHO is strengthening its teams in Bolomba and Iboko. "Teams are expected to arrive at Bolomba and Iboko today on Friday", said Ms. Chaib. WHO has some fifty already experts in the field, supporting the Congolese Ministry of Health and its partners. She is responding to the epidemic in the province of Ecuador.
Twelve more people were deployed from North Kivu to Ecuador and arrived this week.
With regard to the Ebola epidemic in North Kivu, the United Nations Agency reports that it had " a lot of difficulties in Butembo where there was a lot of community resistance ". " The problem was less important in Mangina, for example, which find an hour drive ", notes WHO in its note distributed to the media.
In this eastern region of the DRC, WHO notes that no new confirmed cases have been reported, for the 51th consecutive day.
"There are no confirmed cases in the 3 functional community centres", said WHO's spokesperson.
The accumulation, as of June 2020, 17, is 3463 cases (3317 confirmed and 146 likely) including 2280 deaths since the outbreak of the epidemic in eastern DRC. All 29 affected health areas have not reported cases in at least 42 days.
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