WHO Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Peter Salama said on Friday although there are currently 62 cases of the disease in the country, including 27 deaths, most individuals who were in contact with patients have been vaccinated. The majority of them have been vaccinated 10 days ago and has still not shown symptoms … Read more
The cases were in the Wangata neighbourhood of Mbandaka, a crowded port city on Congo where millions of people live in slums with no sewer system. Several public boats travel downstream over the river to the capital on a daily basis, overcrowded with people using filthy toilets with no running water to wash. The campaign … Read more
The government said the safety measures that involve testing travellers’ body temperature were put in place on May 10. Mbandaka, a city of 1.5 million people, is near the Congo River and north of Bikoro, the small town where most of the 45 confirmed, probable or suspected Ebola cases have occurred since April 4. The … Read more