Ebola: MSF (Belgium) strengthens its team in the north-eastern DR Congo

 . KINSHASA - Doctors Without Borders (MSF-Belgium) strengthens its intervention Isiro in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has begun.

  Three people arrived Monday and five more are expected on Tuesday to help teams of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Department of Health, told AFP Weggheleire of Anga, medical coordinator for MSF Belgium .

The virus activity in this region is different from that which affected neighboring Uganda, according to the same source.  . DRC is struck by the virus less virulent Bundibungyo-theoretically-, while in Uganda it was a strain that has plagued Sudan, said Madame de Weggleheire.

The alert was launched 10 days ago and after thorough examination, WHO confirmed Saturday that the epidemic has infected a dozen people killed and about ten others.

  The epidemic extends Isiro, a city of about 200,000 inhabitants to neighboring communities as Viadana, Dungu and Pahoua.

  Most importantly, the coordinator explained, is to identify the suspects and followed them for three weeks.  According to her, the repetition of such an epidemic could be explained by the presence of a natural reservoir of the virus. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.romandie.com%2Fnews%2Fn%2F_Fievre_Ebola_MSF_Belgique_renforce_son_equipe_dans_le_nord_est_de_la_RD_Congo52200820121905.asp