Health workers in one of the epicentres of eastern Congo's Ebola outbreak threatened on Wednesday to go on strike as early as next week if authorities don't do more to protect them. Repeated attacks on treatment centres by armed militiamen and community members who think Ebola is a conspiracy against them have hampered the response to the second-deadliest outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in history. A health worker sprays disinfectant near a suspected Ebola patient holding a baby at a treatment centre in Butembo. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)Kanyamanda told Reuters that he understood the health workers' frustrations and that the government was determined to respond to their demands. Prosecutors believe the assailants belong to an armed group called the Patriotic Union for the Liberation of Congo (UPLC) based on a pamphlet left at the hospital threatening health workers.

Source: CBC News April 24, 2019 21:33 UTC