As of 13 February, a total of 61 suspected
cases and 50 deaths of acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome has been reported
in the districts of Mbomo and Kellé in Cuvette Ouest Region ( see previous
report).
WHO and other international partners
are assisting the National Coordination Committee in containing the outbreak.
Experts in case management and social mobilization from the Global Outbreak
Alert and Response Network will be joining the team from the Congolese
Ministry of Health and WHO in Mbomo and Kelle districts. The case management
experts will train health care workers in the identification and safe care
of patients and the social mobilization staff will work with the local
communities to inform them about the disease and its transmission.
WHO has sent additional protective equipment to the country.