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No new case of the Ebola virus disease has been confirmed since May 1 in Mbandaka, said on Wednesday May 4 the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) office in the DRC, Amédée Djiguimde.
Since the declaration of this 14th epidemic of the disease in the DRC, on April 21, 2022, the accumulation of cases remained on May 1 of 2 confirmed cases, a woman and a man, all deceased, informed Dr Djiguimde at the press conference. of the United Nations in Kinshasa. He also assured that the epidemic was under control:
“We have, currently, with the remarkable work that has been done by Congolese researchers, in particular the INRB. We have the medication that allows, in any case, to ensure the treatment to prevent the patient from going into complications. »
Second, he continued, there is the vaccine strategy with the effective vaccine that is licensed, which is also deployed in the field:
“I can assure you that already we are at regarding 63% contact coverage, regarding 288 people who are vaccinated. Both contacts and contacts of contacts, and also also front-line health personnel to prevent the spread of the disease. All our teams are working in synergy with the entire provincial team of the Ministry of Health to be able to stem this phenomenon which for the moment remains under control. »
