More than 500 health workers have had to be moved away from the violence, and the World Health Organization now says there is a risk the outbreak could come roaring back. “The reality is that now we don’t have enough medical personnel to provide the required care.”ADADEastern Congo is often described as a nightmare setting for an Ebola outbreak. In North Kivu and Ituri provinces, where the Ebola outbreak is centered, locals formed countless militias of various sizes, some protecting just one town, others eventually coming to control larger chunks of provinces. In an echo of the doubts some health workers have expressed, residents of Beni have accused MONUSCO of not offering them adequate protection. ADADHarris, the WHO spokeswoman, described how the chaos was eventually aimed toward health workers who are commonly seen as affiliated with MONUSCO.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2019 09:00 UTC