As the number of Ebola cases continues to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the authorities are struggling to isolate those suspected of having the virus.
An incident manager on the DRC’s national response team said patients believed to have the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever have mixed with the general population at the region’s hospitals.
“The first thing we have to do is a triage, remove all suspected cases from the hospital, place them in a temporary intermediate shelter, take samples, and have them analysed,” said Richard Kitenge.
Speaking in the city of Bunia, he said those who test positive with be taken to a special centres for treatment.
“Those who are not positive will be considered contacts that we will have to monitor,” he added.
