Congo’s Ebola outbreak has infected 75 health workers and killed 17, with the WHO warning that gear shortages and fear are crippling the frontline response.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak is hitting its own healers hard. The WHO says 75 medics have been infected and 17 have died — many exposed before the outbreak was even officially declared on May 15. Officials now suspect the virus had been quietly spreading for months, according to Reuters.
Speaking from eastern Congo, WHO emergency director Marie Roseline Belizaire painted a grim picture: gloves and masks running short, and traumatized staff too frightened to treat patients after watching colleagues fall ill.
With Congo already short on healthcare workers, China and Uganda are sending reinforcements to help local teams respond.
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