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- At least 12 attacks have been carried out on health facilities in the Ebola outbreak zone in Congo.
- Frontline healthcare workers who have not received their payments have started a strike.
- While 2,181 cases have been detected so far in the outbreak, 864 people have died.
- Ituri province hosts about 90 percent of all cases.
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The fight against the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a severe crisis due to increasing attacks on health facilities and personnel. According to a statement made by authorities in the town of Bunia, Ituri province, at least a dozen attacks have been recorded at the epicenter of the outbreak, which has hampered efforts to combat the epidemic.
Another factor that complicated the situation further was that many healthcare workers, who had not received their payments, went on strike. The outbreak, which has recorded 2,181 cases and 864 deaths so far, was declared the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
Due to angry crowds storming treatment centers and targeting field response teams, aid workers in areas accounting for about 90 percent of the cases in Ituri have left remote communities and headed towards Bunia. Most recently, an attack was carried out by local residents on Wednesday, protesting the death of a woman at a hospital in the town of Nyakunde.
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- How many cases and deaths have been seen so far in the Ebola outbreak in Congo?
- So far, 2,181 cases have been recorded and 864 people have died in the outbreak.
- Why are health teams in the region suspending their work or withdrawing?
- Response efforts are being restricted due to attacks by angry locals on health facilities and teams, and strikes by healthcare workers who have not received their payments.
- What was the reason for the latest attack?
- Local residents protesting the death of a woman at a hospital in the town of Nyakunde carried out an attack.
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