More than 750 suspected Ebola cases in DRC, health worker says no isolation beds available | World News
Nearly 750 suspected Ebola cases and 177 suspected deaths have been reported since the first known patient died, on 24 April in Bunia in Congo. The virus spread further after mourners touched the victim during a funeral in the nearby town of Mongbwalu, says a report by the Guardian. Hospitals and health centres are struggling to cope with the rising number of Ebola cases. Trish Newport, an emergency manager at Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), told the Guardian that the staff found suspected patients at Bunia’s Salama hospital over the weekend but could not find any available isolation beds. “Every health facility they contacted said they were full and had no space,” she said, adding that the situation is becoming increasingly difficult. “The speed of this Ebola outbreak is deeply worrying,” Rose Tchwenko of Mercy Corps told the Guardian, warning that the virus could spread further and that urgent international support is needed. Hama Amado, a field coordinator in Bunia for the Alima aid group, told the Associated Press that the virus is spreading …






