Surveillance failures fuel Ebola spread in Ituri, DR Congo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Taarifa
Congolese National Assembly member Iracan Gratien de Saint-Nicolas believes gaps in epidemiological surveillance contributed to Ebola’s rapid spread in Ituri. Speaking at a press conference in Bunia, he called for lessons to be learned from these shortcomings, according to Taarifa Rwanda.
The weaknesses in the epidemiological surveillance system contributed to the rapid spread of the Ebola epidemic in Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese National Assembly member Iracan Gratien de Saint-Nicolas said. He was speaking on Thursday in Bunia at a press conference.
The MP called for surveillance failures to be examined and responsibility to be established once the epidemic had been brought under control. The Kinshasa government announced on Wednesday that the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was under control.
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