41 new cases, 21 deaths

02 Where

Ituri accounts for more than half of the new cases: 24 of 41. Next come Nord-Kivu (12) and Haut-Uélé (5). The other five provinces report none.

Five health zones account for 25 of these cases: Mandima leads with 8, then Beni (6), Nizi (4), Pawa (4) and Bunia (3). Over the past three weeks, 46 of the 67 affected zones had at least one new case; the other 21, none.

03 Deaths

Of the 21 deaths of the day, 12 occurred in the community, outside a treatment centre: 6 in Nord-Kivu, 5 in Ituri and 1 in Haut-Uélé. The other 9 occurred in a treatment centre: 5 in Ituri, 3 in Nord-Kivu and 1 in Haut-Uélé.

04 The response

Teams received 3,686 reports of possible patients ("alerts") and checked them all: 457 were retained as suspected cases, to be tested. Nord-Ubangi did not send its figures.

In the laboratory, 41 of the 423 samples tested were positive, that is 9.7 %.

69.8 % of contacts, the people who had been close to a patient, were seen by follow-up teams. Fewer than three contacts in four were seen in Nord-Kivu (62.3 %) and in Tshopo (49.3 %).

Vaccination: 12,831 people have received the Ervebo vaccine since the campaign began on 26 August.

At control points, on roads and at borders, 276,403 travellers passed through; 98 % had their temperature checked.

05 The difficulties encountered

This bulletin reports difficulties only in preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, and only 4 of the 8 affected provinces reported on it.

In Ituri, the way to report abuse is known in only 15 of 36 health zones, and some partners refuse to align with the coordination.

In Haut-Uélé, it is known in only 6 of 13 zones, and only one partner, WHO, reports on its activities.

In Bas-Uélé, four zones, Viadana, Bondo, Likati and Ango, send no reports, funding is short, and posters and banners have run out.

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