Commission confirmed United Nations In a report, the High Commissioner for Refugees recorded two deaths linked to the Ebola virus in a camp for displaced people in eastern CongoAt a time when aid workers warned that the risk of the disease spreading rapidly in crowded refugee sites was high and alarming.
The Commission explained in the report published yesterday, Thursday, that the two deceased were internally displaced people living in the Kpangba camp, which hosts 30,000 refugees.
The virus has now spread to three provinces since it was announced Global Health Organization On May 17, the outbreak constituted a public health emergency of international concern.
Volunteers lay the coffin of a 3-year-old boy who died of Ebola virus disease (AFP)
The three provinces – Ituri, South Kivu and North Kivu – have been devastated after decades of conflict, and together they shelter more than five million displaced people.
One of the relief workers told Reuters that the two deceased were a mother and her daughter, who died on May 31 and June 1, and were subjected to a test. Ebola virus By the World Health Organization after their deaths.
The source added, “It is a densely populated area, so the risks of transmission are clearly higher and worrying… These are tents with reinforced fabric walls, so where can you isolate (the infected people) if you develop symptoms?”
Relief workers describe the dense numbers in the camps and the poor condition of public health facilities, with hundreds of people sometimes sharing a single toilet and relieving themselves in the open.
As of Friday, Congo has reported 676 confirmed cases and 136 deaths in the outbreak, which has also spread to… Uganda Neighborhood, which reported 19 cases of infection.
