Last Update August 22, 2014 at 7:56
 Residents Twa (pygmy) Bikoro near Lake Tumba, in Ecuador, in 2005. |
The aim was to establish a committee of provincial struggle to cope with the disaster.
The last two victims of this disease were recorded Wednesday Watsikengo, said the interim medical inspector, Dr. Franck Boembi.
The latter still talking about a situation of alert in the province, pending the results of analysis of samples sent to the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) in Kinshasa.
Another suspect case would be registered in Bongondjo area, Mbandaka. The husband of a 37-year old victim says his wife had a high fever and blood flows before dying. But no samples were taken from the body of the victim, buried immediately after his death.
Hygiene
Dr. Franck Boembi held recalled the essential hygiene collective and individual to deal with this crisis:
"You have to clean their hands after visiting the toilet and before eating; for moms, after changing the baby's diapers. And before any activity, always wash his hands. "
Participants at the crisis meeting further supported isolation of health areas affected by this disease, and the allocation of protective kits to caregivers.
Gertrude Ndjoli, inter alia, invited the media to convey messages of awareness about this disease.
"That there are not too many rallies. Avoid anything that is mourning, or going to touch the body of the deceased, "said she recommended.
