70 new cases, 31 deaths

02 Where

Ituri accounts for more than half of the new cases: 40 of 70. Next come Nord-Kivu (23), Haut-Uélé (5) and Tshopo (2). The other four provinces report none.

Five health zones account for 44 of these cases: Mandima leads with 20, then Beni (8), Bunia (6), Mutwanga (6) and Mangala (4). 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 31 deaths of the day, 22 occurred in the community, outside a treatment centre: 15 in Ituri, 6 in Nord-Kivu and 1 in Tshopo. The other 9 occurred in a treatment centre: 4 in Ituri, 4 in Nord-Kivu and 1 in Haut-Uélé.

04 The response

Teams received 3,242 reports of possible patients ("alerts") and checked 3,229: 441 were retained as suspected cases, to be tested.

In the laboratory, 70 of the 614 samples tested were positive, that is 11.4 %.

79.2 % of contacts, the people who had been close to a patient, were seen by follow-up teams. In Tshopo, only 49.8 % of contacts were seen, fewer than one in two.

Vaccination: 13,164 people have received the Ervebo vaccine since the campaign began on 26 August, 333 more of them in two days, in Nord-Kivu. The vaccine is out of stock.

At control points, on roads and at borders, 276,403 travellers passed through; 98 % had their temperature checked. In Haut-Uélé, 279 people refused this check. The posts reported 4 alerts, 2 of them in Ituri, and intercepted 1 corpse.

05 The difficulties encountered

In Nord-Kivu, 44 bodies were counted after ADF violence in Mabalako, and an attempt to set fire to the Beni treatment centre was reported. The Aloya massacres caused teams to lose track of suspected cases and contacts.

In Ituri, there is not enough blood to treat patients, and staff at the Kasenyi treatment centre are on strike because they have not been paid. On the Nizi road, awareness teams are demotivated.

In Haut-Uélé, insecurity weighs on the Bolebole road. Care centres lack network coverage, food for patients, water and electricity, and unpaid staff are losing motivation.

In Tshopo, the laboratory has almost run out of diesel and has no reagent left, while activities remain suspended in Bafwasende.

At checkpoints, an ambulance is missing, and at PK6 travellers pass without screening under pressure from state services. The bulletin reports strikes over unpaid salaries in four provinces.

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