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RSS FeedsBattles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Cong
(WorldNews Health)

 
 

16 october 2018 10:09:25

 
Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Cong
(WorldNews Health)
 


BENI, Congo - A runaway hearse carrying an Ebola victim has become the latest example of sometimes violent community resistance complicating efforts to contain a Congo outbreak - and causing a worrying new rise in cases. The deadly virus´ appearance for the first time in the far northeast has sparked fear. Suspected contacts of infected people have tried to slip away. Residents have assaulted health teams. The rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled since the start of this month, experts say. Safe burials are particularly sensitive as some outraged family members reject the intervention of health workers in the deeply personal moment, even as they put their own lives at risk. On...


 
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