The Democratic Republic of the Congo began Ebola vaccination to contain the epidemic in the city of Mbandaka, In the northwest of the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday.
It is known that until now two people were killed More than a million people live in this city, where people live very close to road, water and air links to the capital Kinshasa.
The first deaths occurred on April 21 and the second on Tuesday, during the 14th Ebola outbreak in a Central African country.
WHO supports the government in expanding testing, contact qualifications and public health measures. Stacks of stock # Ebola “Vaccinations in Goma and Kinshasa are now being sent to Mbandaka to start vaccinating.”@DrTedros https://t.co/9BaMkn7eYZ
– World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) Apr 26, 2022
is sent around rVSV-ZEBOV 200 doses of Ebola vaccine per band A statement from the World Health Organization said more would be delivered from the eastern city of Goma in the coming days.
Before 233 contacts have been identified and are being checked. Three vaccination groups have been established that aim to reach all high-risk individuals.
Matshidiso Moet, WHO Regional Director for Africa, attends a briefing for World Health Assembly (WHA) delegates responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the UN in Geneva. photo: Reuters
“With the available effective vaccines and the experience of health professionals in the Democratic Republic of Congo in response to Ebola, we can quickly turn this epidemic for the better,” said Matshidiso Moetimi, director-general of WHO “Africa”. †
The rainforests of Congo are a natural reservoir of the Ebola virus discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in northern Congo.
There have been 13 Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including one in the east in 2018-2020. Nearly 2,300 people diedSecond place in the history of victims recorded in the history of hemorrhagic fever.
Source: La Neta Neta
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