By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
A patient who tested positive for Ebola virus disease escaped from Wapinda General Referral Hospital, in Nord-Ubangi province, DR Congo. The escape involved a facility in an area already affected by several confirmed cases, reports Actualité.cd.
Six Ebola patients have left Oicha General Referral Hospital after recovering, where 71 confirmed cases and 38 deaths have been recorded, Dr Kasereka Nzala Esaï says. Three people who tested positive are reportedly on the run in the community, complicating the health response in North Kivu.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Mediacongo ·
The DRC recorded 9,704 confirmed Ebola virus disease cases and 4,687 deaths as of 20 October, according to the World Health Organisation. Transmission remains high, while Kenya has recorded nine cases and Nigeria one imported case, strengthening calls for regional coordination.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Pmnewsnigeria ·
Two health centres in Alimbongo, North Kivu, remain closed after two Ebola cases were confirmed among quarantined health workers. The area had recorded 19 cases and 14 deaths by 22 October, while 28 new cases were reported in the province, according to the provincial response coordination team.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Beto ·
A first participant has received the experimental Tumaini trial vaccine against the Bundibugyo Ebola virus in Bunia, as DR Congo counted 9,552 cases and 4,602 confirmed deaths as of 21 October. The phase 2/3 study is to measure the safety, immune response and efficacy of several vaccine candidates, according to the study’s organisers.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Judith Suminwa calls for inheritance reform in DR CongoCongolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka called for comprehensive inheritance reform to better protect heirs, particularly widows, orphans and minors. At the 101st meeting of the Council of Ministers, she said undivided family assets fuel disputes and hamper their economic development, according to minutes read by BETO.
1.3 million people need aid in Cameroon’s Far NorthNearly 1.3 million people need humanitarian aid in Cameroon’s Far North in 2026, while rains are nearly two months late in several departments. Rainfall deficits estimated at 20% to 50% threaten maize, millet and cowpea harvests, according to Action Against Hunger and FEWS NET.The week in Africa
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