State services in rural Ituri province, where it was first detected, have been largely absent for decades.<\/p>\n
In Rwampara, one of the epicentres of the outbreak, AFP saw a symptomatic woman being brought to hospital on a motorbike, squeezed between her sister and the driver.<\/p>\n
A health worker recorded a high fever and bleeding from her nose, a common symptom of Ebola, which causes a haemorrhagic fever.<\/p>\n
He rushed to spray chlorine on the bike and driver, who wore a surgical mask but little else to protect him against a virus that spreads through bodily fluids.<\/p>\n
With no ambulances available, \u201cpeople make do with motorbikes\u201d, the health worker, Dieudonne Sezabo, told AFP.<\/p>\n
The hospital has set up a temporary isolation centre but is still awaiting crucial equipment deliveries.<\/p>\n
Uganda shuts border <\/p>\n
Neighbouring Uganda, which has recorded one death confirmed to be from Ebola and six additional cases, announced it was shutting its border with the DRC with immediate effect.<\/p>\n
It also said it was imposing a 21-day quarantine on anyone arriving from the DRC, under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and district surveillance teams.<\/p>\n
The WHO said the case fatality rate was under 25% \u2013 much lower than in other recent outbreaks.<\/p>\n
But experts suspect the virus was circulating under the radar for some time and the true extent of the health crisis has yet to be seen.<\/p>\n
The WHO chief lamented that clashes were \u201cdriving mass displacement, pushing exposed contacts into overcrowded camps and severing critical containment corridors\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrontline workers are risking everything, while attacks on health facilities make tracking cases and their contacts nearly impossible,\u201d Tedros warned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling,\u201d Tedros said, urging \u201call warring parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire to contain this outbreak\u201d.<\/p>\n
The United States plans to open a quarantine centre in Kenya, the Wall Street Journal reported, primarily intended for Americans who need to leave the DRC quickly and quarantine.<\/p>\n
Kenya said it had screened some 55,000 people crossing the border from Uganda and had yet to confirm an Ebola case.<\/p>\n
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