‘There’s no salary’: DRC health workers tell of hardship as Ebola spreads

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) is dire: The current outbreak of the Ebola virus currently spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) might be one of the world’s worst, the agency has said over and over.In the worst outbreak on record, the haemorrhagic viral disease killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016. In the second-largest outbreak, from 2018 to 2020, 2,287 deaths were recorded in eastern DRC.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak may be double the official tallylist 2 of 4DRC Ebola cases surpass 2,000 as more health workers begin strikelist 3 of 4WHO: Ebola spreading faster than ever recorded in DR Congolist 4 of 4Ebola spreading more quickly in DRC, while Uganda discharges last patientend of listHealth authorities warn this outbreak could be even more widespread because the region is battling the rare Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved treatments or vaccine. Second, the disease had been transmitting for weeks without official detection before an outbreak was officially declared on May 15. Analysts point to severely weak...