According to the source, this is a pastor from Sud Kivu who arrived in Goma Sunday, July 14, 2019 after a short stay in Butembo where he had to preach in a Christian church while regularly laying hands on the believers, including the sick men. His first symptoms appeared on July 9 while he was still in Butembo. He was followed by a home nurse until he left for bus to Goma on 12 July.
Upon his arrival in Goma Sunday morning, he went to a health center to continue his treatment. Nurses and doctors at the health center who recognized the symptoms of Ebola immediately alerted the response teams in Goma which transferred him to the Ebola Treatment Center. At approximately 3:00 pm, the laboratory test results confirmed that he was a positive case of Ebola.
As a reminder, since November 2018, the Ministry of Health and WHO have established a system for preparing and planning the Ebola response in the city of Goma because of many travelers from the areas affected by the epidemic... The rapid detection of the patient by medical teams at the Goma health center proves the effectiveness of the city's preparedness activities to cope with the importation of potential Ebola patients.
In addition, the transport company has shown great professionalism in maintaining a passenger register and making this register available to the response teams to identify all passengers on the bus. The bus driver and the 18 other passengers were identified and their vaccination began on Monday, July 15, 2019.
It should be noted that the collaboration of the entire population is necessary to prevent the spread of the epidemic in Goma. Beyond the medical arsenal, the Ministry of Health recalls that the response against Ebola is first all community...
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