As part of the MSF response to the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 70 tons of logistics and medical equipment are being loaded into a cargo airplane from Liège Airport in Belgium destined for Bunia city in the epicentre province of Ituri.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has sent out a warning about the shortage of resources needed for the fight against the outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), saying the true scale of the outbreak “remains impossible to measure”.
The global humanitarian organisation providing care to people in crisis situations said “extremely limited” testing capacity and difficulties in accessing certain areas of the largely rural country meant that figures have to be “interpreted with caution”.
As of 28 May, 125 confirmed cases, 906 suspected cases, and 223 deaths have been officially reported across Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces of the DRC, MSF reported.
In an update on its website, the organisation said that in eastern DRC people had been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health system for years. The Ebola Bundibugyo virus strain – which does not yet have approved vaccines or specific treatments – is posing a major additional challenge.
