Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk at the hospital in Rwampara on May 21, 2026. According to the WHO, the latest outbreak in the DRC, the 17th to hit the vast central African country of more than 100 million people, is already suspected of having caused 139 deaths out of nearly 600 probable cases.Many of the cases have been recorded in the epidemic's epicentre in the DRC's northeastern Ituri province, many in hard-to-access areas plagued by the Congolese east's litany of armed groups. (Photo by Seros MUYISA/AFP)
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U Kongu napadnut tim za ukop žrtava ebole

Stanovnici su ovaj tjedan napali tim za siguran ukop u pokrajini Južni Kivu u Demokratskoj Republici Kongu prisilivši zdravstvene djelatnike da ostave lijes, što je izazvalo strah od daljnjeg širenja zaraze, priopćilo je ministarstvo zdravstva.

Napad je bio usmjeren na „tim za siguran i dostojanstven ukop”, specijalizirane ljude obučene za rukovanje tijelima visoko zaraznih preminulih osoba prema strogim protokolima kako bi se spriječilo širenje zaraze.

Tijelom su potom rukovali članovi lokalne zajednice, što predstavlja visokorizičnu praksu koja može potaknuti nove lance prijenosa infekcije, navodi se u izvješću o situaciji objavljenom na internetu u srijedu.

Incident ukazuje na nepovjerenje i otpor koji otežavaju napore u suzbijanju epidemije. Dok dužnosnici nastoje zaustaviti širenje soja ebole Bundibugyo, timovi za ukop i zdravstveni radnici posljednjih su tjedana bili meta više napada, uključujući napade rodbine preminulih koja je dovodila u pitanje uzrok smrti.

Od proglašenja najnovije epidemije 15. svibnja, sedamnaeste u zemlji, Demokratska Republika Kongo registrirala je 363 slučaja zaraze i 62 smrtna slučaja, prema najnovijim podacima iz izvješća ministarstva zdravstva.

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