The enormous challenge of halting the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just became even harder after a key transit centre for patients requiring treatment burned down in Ituri province.
Condemning the blaze, the UN’s senior Ebola response official in DRC, Julien Harneis, also noted that Kigonze camp where the facility was open now lies abandoned.
“It’s been a huge struggle to create Ebola transit centres [and] Ebola treatment centres; it’s required money, bringing in staff and it’s been a struggle all across the east,” Mr. Harneis told UN News. “So, when we lose a centre, that means we lose capacity, we lose investment and we have to start again. And above all, it means that people do not get access to the care that they really need.”
by UN News – Ebola response faces setback as transit centre burns down in DR Congo camp
