The current outbreak is the second deadliest on record after an epidemic killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016.
KINSHASA – More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the highly contagious virus combined with insecurity in the restive region was creating a "deeply worrying situation".
The World Health Organization had initially voiced hope it would be able to contain the outbreak, thanks in part to a new vaccine. But beyond the militias, communities in the aftermath of DRC's December elections "are being manipulated" against cooperating with Ebola responders, Ryan said. Among them, some 7,000 displaced people are housed in a primary school where the only water source is a nearby river and there are not enough toilets, 18 non-governmental organisations said in a statement."This is a deeply worrying situation. These people fear going back to their homes and are being forced to live in cramped, unsanitary conditions in an area where Ebola remains a significant threat," said Tamba Emmanuel Danmbi-saa from Oxfam, one of the groups that signed the document.
Many of them, added the NGOs, find themselves trapped between the Ugandan border to the east, a region in their own country plagued by violence, and another nearby that is riddled with Ebola.
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