72 new cases, 46 deaths

02 Where

Ituri accounts for more than half of the new cases: 44 of 72. Next come Nord-Kivu (24), Haut-Uélé (3) and Nord-Ubangi (1). The other four provinces report none.

Five health zones account for 44 of these cases: Bunia leads with 19, then Mandima (10), Beni (8), Rwampara (4) and Mambasa (3). Over the past three weeks, 45 of the 67 affected zones had at least one new case; the other 22, none.

03 Deaths

Of the 46 deaths of the day, 30 occurred in the community, outside a treatment centre: 20 in Ituri, 9 in Nord-Kivu and 1 in Haut-Uélé. The other 16 occurred in a treatment centre: 9 in Nord-Kivu and 7 in Ituri.

04 The response

Teams received 4,157 reports of possible patients ("alerts") and checked 4,148: 563 were retained as suspected cases, to be tested.

In the laboratory, 72 of the 603 samples tested were positive, that is 11.9 %.

85.5 % of contacts, the people who had been close to a patient, were seen by follow-up teams.

Safe burials, carried out by protected teams to avoid contagion: 152 burials carried out and 83 bodies tested. The 102 deaths reported do not come from the same provinces: not all of them publish these figures, and the three numbers are not comparable.

Around new cases, 48 prevention rings were set up out of 71 expected, that is the disinfection of the home and the follow-up of relatives.

Vaccination: 21,943 people have received the Ervebo vaccine since the campaign began on 26 August, 99 more of them in four days, in Bas-Uélé.

05 The difficulties encountered

In Ituri, infection prevention teams are short of staff in Mangala and Mandima and of supplies in Mandima and Mambasa, and staff are on strike in Tchomia.

In Tshopo, response teams still face insecurity and threats, notably in Bafwasende, Kabondo and Mangobo.

At checkpoints, teams urgently need training and means of transport.

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