In Butembo, a representative of the ruling UDPS party was killed after calling for compliance with Ebola prevention measures

Reuters reported that Marie-Célestine Karondwa spoke on the radio in Butembo, calling for compliance with Ebola prevention measures. After the broadcast, unknown assailants attacked him, beat him, looted his property, and set his house on fire; Karondwa died from his injuries.

In the party, they said that he became an “innocent victim” for defending the position on the “existence of the Ebola virus”. Reuters writes that resistance to prevention in the region is linked to local beliefs and distrust of medicine and the authorities.

Reuters cites the case of a 12-year-old boy who was taken to an Ebola treatment center, where he later died. None of the relatives accompanying him became ill, and the child’s father accused the doctors of making up the diagnosis and said that “Ebola does not exist”.

According to AP at the end of September, 8,067 Ebola cases and 3,901 deaths were recorded in the DRC. The agency writes that this is the fastest-spreading outbreak of the fever in history.

Reuters and AP also note a shortage of medical workers, delays in salary payments, and strikes in areas affected by the virus.

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• Source: theins.ru