North Kivu recorded the biggest number of new cases in DRC as of 05/08/2020

56 new confirmed cases (33 in North - Kivu, 22 in Kinshasa and 1 in Haut-Ulé) out of 489 tested samples, 227 new people cured (185 in Kinshasa and 42 in other provinces)
0 death, 302 suspect cases
Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulation of cases has been 9.309, including 9.308 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases:
• Kinshasa: 7.701 cases
• Kongo-Central: 404 cases
• North Kivu: 376 cases
• Haut-Katanga: 304 cases
• South Kivu: 295 cases
• Lualaba: 88 cases
• Ituri: 64 cases
• High Ulle: 30 cases
• Tshopo: 25 cases
• Kwilu: 6 cases
• Ecuador: 5 cases
• South Ubangi: 5 cases
• Haut-Lomami: 1 cases
• Kasai: 1 cases
• Kasai-Central: 1 cases
• Kwango: 1 cases
• North Ubangi: 1 cases
In total there were 8.048 people cured and 215 deaths (214 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases). Bulletin of the Technical Secretariat of the response to Covid-19 in the DRC.

militiamen of the Patriotic and Integrationist Front. of Congo FPIC, known under the name of "Chini ya Kilima" attacked kombu in the morning of Tuesday August 03, 2020

The locality of kombu  in the Basili chiefdom, Irumu territory more than 20 km south of Bunia on the national road N ° 27 woke up under fire from the attackers identified with the militiamen of the Patriotic and Integrationist Front. of Congo FPIC, known under the name of "Chini ya Kilima" the morning of Tuesday August 03, 2020.

The head of this locality confirms the news, however, indicates that the results of the attack are not yet available.

"We heard gunfire from the Orua Bridge side, it's 10 km from where I am but I don't have the record yet," he explained.

Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, army spokesman in Ituri, promises to speak out on this subject.

Witnesses on the spot report a panic that gripped the population after the incident.

COVID19 cases in DRC as per 03/08/2020 report

45 new confirmed cases (34 in Kinshasa, 6 in South Kivu, 3 in North Kivu, 1 in Ituri and 1 in Kwilu) out of 431 tested samples, 303 new healed people (256 in Kinshasa and 47 in other provinces),
0 deaths, 52 suspected cases detected.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulation of cases has been 9,178, including 9,177 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases:
• Kinshasa: 7.638 cases
• Kongo-Central: 404 cases
• North Kivu: 313 cases
• Haut-Katanga: 304 cases
• South Kivu: 295 cases
• Lualaba: 88 cases
• Ituri: 63 cases
• High Ulle: 26 cases
• Tshopo: 25 cases
• Kwilu: 6 cases
• Ecuador: 5 cases
• South Ubangi: 5 cases
• Haut-Lomami: 1 cases
• Kasai: 1 cases
• Kasai-Central: 1 cases
• Kwango: 1 cases
• North Ubangi: 1 cases
In total there were 7.727 people cured and 215 deaths (214 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases).

DRC's 34th military region officially announces the surrender of 100 of NDC-renove militants

After tensions observed within the rebel movement NDC-Renové and fighting between the two factions of the NDC-R which caused a massive displacement of the populations in the locality of pinga in the territory of Walikale, the Congolese army announces by its spokesperson from the 34th military region a redistribution of a hundred fighters from the side of the NDC movement of Guidon as from the side of the NDC led by Bwira.

According to the spokesperson for operations sokola 2 Major ndjike kaiko, some hundred fighters surrendered following an awareness campaign made last Saturday in pinga by the provincial authority who went to sympathize with the population in distress.
He adds that around 50 weapons have been received by the army from these fighters.
He also welcomes the initiative of the provincial governor in sensitizing young people to a commitment to peace by laying down their arms.

Note that a delegation made up of the provincial governor Carly Nzanzu Kasivita, the president of the provincial assembly of North Kivu accompanied by the provincial elected representatives of Walikale and Masisi, the commander of the 34th military region and the head of office of Monusco Goma encouraged the FARDC in the hunt for the rebels and comforted the population of pinga victims of the fighting between these two rebel factions in July.

Chinese flagship tech products Weibo and Baidu Search have been blocked by India’s government in the second batch of application bans instituted by New Delhi

According to the Times of India news outlet citing sources, the Chinese equivalents of Google search and Twitter were among the additionally banned apps late last month.

The government has notified Google and Apple that they should remove those applications from the app stores and directed internet service providers to block their use on Indian territory, the news outlet reported citing a government source.

In late June India banned 59 Chinese-developed applications from use in India after tensions between the Asian giants came to a head over Himalayan border dispute.
RENEWED list of banned apps mainly targeted clones of previously banned ones, but with the bans Baidu Search and Weibo, India’s tech marketplace has been all but purged of Chinese made products.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had around 200,000 followers on microblogging app Weibo before he deleted it over the escalating tensions, the Times of India reported.

The border dispute between the two countries, which has effectively never been settled, took a turn for the worse when China and india face off in the border region. India said that 20 soldiers where killed in face-to-face combat (firearms are banned from the border as a confidence-building measure) while China has not disclosed its losses in that skirmish.

Russia is already delivering its Avifavir medication against COVID-19 to 15 countries

Russia is already delivering its Avifavir medication against COVID-19 to 15 countries, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which took part in the creation of this treatment, told the broadcaster Russia-24 in an interview.
"We can boast great achievements in this area, as the medication has been delivered to over 15 countries", Kirill Dmitriev said.
"This is really important, as there are in fact only two international antiviral drugs that are delivered to a certain number of countries: the United States' Remdesivir and the Russian Avifavir. Ninety percent of the produced Remdesivir has been purchased by the US. So, it is no surprise that 15 countries have purchased our medication", the RDIF CEO explained.
Russia is in talks with at least 20 countries, including Brazil and India on producing its vaccine.
Medics in the Russian military hospital after coronavirus vaccine trials
Earlier on Monday, Kromis — a joint venture between the RDIF and the pharmaceutical company ChemRar — announced it had reached agreement on Avifavir deliveries to South Africa and seven countries in Latin America.
Avifavir received a registration certificate from the Russian Ministry of Health in late May, becoming the world's first favipiravir-based drug approved for the treatment of COVID-19

Three new ebola cases in Equateur of DRC

Three new cases of Ebola virus disease were confirmed on Thursday, July 30, by the technical secretariat for the fight against this disease in the country. The three cases come from three different health zones namely: Bolomba (Boso Nzala), Ingende (Wangata) and Lotumbe (Bossa). No new cases of death among the confirmed cases have been recorded.
In the health zone of Bolomba, a person, declared cured, left the Ebola treatment center (CTE).
The response team also notes that a patient was reclassified from cured death to having had two negative laboratory results after his death. He was confirmed to have EVD on July 6 and taken care of at the Wangata CTE. He had died before his release from CTE on July 24.
Since the start of this 11th Ebola epidemic declared on June 1 in the province of Equateur, the cumulative amount has been 72 cases, including 68 confirmed and 4 probable. In total, there were 31 deaths (27 confirmed and 4 probable) and 26 healed (people cured).
The 7 affected health zones are Bikoro, Bolomba, Iboko, Mbandaka, Lutumbe, Wangata and ingende