DR Congo Capital Wary of Ebola Nightmare
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Radio France Internationale
DR Congo capital wary of Ebola nightmare
That is why Yves Matwa walks up and down the jetty at the river port of Bende-Bende in Maluku, 70 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of Kinshasa, shouting through a loud-hailer at people arriving on ferries from afflicted zones. Every day hundreds of people come from northern and eastern DR Congo on wooden boats aiming to reach Kinshasa. Health teams are stepping up checks to protect the overcrowded city of nearly 17 million people where no cases h…
DR Congo steps up Ebola surveillance along Congo River
The "Congo River Without Ebola" initiative, launched Thursday, is designed to strengthen surveillance and preparedness along the river and prevent the outbreak from reaching major cities such as Mbandaka and Kinshasa. Authorities also aim to limit the risk of the virus crossing into neighboring Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic
As the most deadly Ebola epidemic that the DRC has experienced continues to progress, the controls are intensifying at the gates of the capital.... Read more The Congo River, the last barrier before the Ebola reached Kinshasa appeared first on Le Singulier.
The port of Bende-Bende is one of the main entry points to the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a vast country in Central Africa with more than 100 million inhabitants affected by the 17th Ebola epidemic in the...
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