{"id":69,"date":"2026-05-21T20:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:10:10","slug":"residents-burn-an-ebola-treatment-center-in-congo-as-anger-grows-over-the-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BUNIA, Congo (AP) \u2014 People set fire to an <span>Ebola<\/span> treatment center in a town at the heart of <span>the outbreak in eastern Congo<\/span> on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are <span>struggling to contain.<\/span><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=63\">Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action<\/a><\/p><p>The arson attack in Rwampara reflects the challenges of health workers trying to curb <span>a rare Ebola virus<\/span> by using stringent measures that might clash with local customs, such as burial rites. The disease has been spreading for weeks in a region lacking in adequate health facilities and where many people are on the move to escape armed conflicts.<\/p><p>The bodies of those who die from Ebola can be highly contagious and lead to further spread when people prepare bodies for burial and gather for funerals. The dangerous work of burying suspected victims is being managed wherever possible by authorities, which can be met by protests from victims\u2019 families and friends.<\/p>\n<h2>Fear and anger grow<\/h2><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<bsp-figure>\n<template>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman mourns her child, who died of Ebola, at the General Hospital in Bunia, Congo, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo\/Moses Sawasawa)\" class=\"wp-image-67\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/09a76f975f01edfc06c966541cf66084-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/09a76f975f01edfc06c966541cf66084-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/09a76f975f01edfc06c966541cf66084-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/09a76f975f01edfc06c966541cf66084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<div><\/div><div>\n<bsp-page-actions>\n<div>\n<!--            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ap%20news\">-->\n<!--            <\/a>-->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Share\n                    <svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-copy-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-copy-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-print-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-print-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-page-actions>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/template>\n<\/bsp-figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>The center in Rwampara was burned by local youths who became angry while trying to retrieve the body of a friend who had apparently died of Ebola, according to a witness who spoke to The Associated Press by telephone.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe police intervened to try to calm the situation, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful,\u201d said Alexis Burata, a local student who said he was in the area. \u201cThe young people ended up setting fire to the center. That\u2019s the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) -->\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An AP journalist saw people break into the center and set fire to objects inside and also to what appeared to be the body of at least one suspected Ebola victim that was being stored there. Aid workers fled the treatment center in vehicles. <\/p><p>Deputy Senior Commissioner Jean Claude Mukendi, head of the public security department in Ituri Province, said the youths had not understood the protocols for burying a suspected Ebola victim.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHis family, friends, and other young people wanted to take his body home for a funeral even though the instructions from the authorities during this Ebola virus outbreak are clear,\u201d Mukendi said. \u201cAll bodies must be buried according to the regulations.\u201d<\/p><p>Hama Amadou, field coordinator for the humanitarian organization ALIMA, which had teams working at the center, said later that calm had been restored and that aid teams were continuing their work at the center.<\/p><p>The flash of anger underlined the complications faced by both Congolese authorities and an array of aid agencies <span>trying to stem an outbreak<\/span> that the World Health Organization has <span>declared a public health emergency<\/span> of international concern. <\/p><h2>The outbreak is bigger than official figures show, WHO says<\/h2><p>There were 160 suspected deaths and 671 suspected cases in Congo\u2019s two provinces, Congolese authorities said on Thursday. Earlier in the week, the U.N. said there were two cases including one death in neighboring Uganda. <\/p><p>But the WHO has said the outbreak is almost certainly much larger and has also expressed concern <span>over the speed of the spread.<\/span><\/p><p>\u201cWe are still in the phase where we are intensifying the investigation, searching for cases,\u201d said Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u201cI expect the number of cases to increase as surveillance becomes more and more rigorous.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The risk of the outbreak spreading globally is low, the WHO has said, but high regionally with the Ituri Province at the center of the outbreak bordering Uganda and South Sudan.<\/p><p>Early detection of the virus is key in saving lives, but the region\u2019s already weak health infrastructure and surveillance capacity has been further weakened by international aid cuts, experts say. There are over 920,000 internally displaced people in Ituri Province, according to the U.N.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=61\">Indictment of former Cuban president includes 5 fighter jet pilots involved in 1996 plane downings<\/a><\/p><p><span>Armed conflict<\/span> in the region further complicates efforts to handle the crisis. Local leaders said an attack by militants linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 17 people on Tuesday in Alima, a village in Ituri. <\/p><p>Health workers and aid groups have said they are in dire need of more supplies and staff to respond. Also, there is no available vaccine or medicine for the Bundibugyo strain responsible for the outbreak.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An expert said this week it would be at least six to nine months before one would be available.<\/p><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<bsp-figure>\n<template>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola from a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo\/Moses Sawasawa)\" class=\"wp-image-68\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21823a460ad045a5b2b456781b75f2b3-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21823a460ad045a5b2b456781b75f2b3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21823a460ad045a5b2b456781b75f2b3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21823a460ad045a5b2b456781b75f2b3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<div><\/div><div>\n<bsp-page-actions>\n<div>\n<!--            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ap%20news\">-->\n<!--            <\/a>-->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Share\n                    <svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-copy-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-copy-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-print-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-print-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-page-actions>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/template>\n<\/bsp-figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>\u201cThe priority now is to act quickly and work closely with communities, as the coming days are critical,\u201d said Ariel Kestens, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies delegation in Congo. <\/p><p>Ebola is highly contagious and spreads in people through contact with bodily fluids such as vomit, blood, feces or semen. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding. <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>It has spread to a new province<\/h2><p>On Thursday, the M23 rebel group that controls parts of eastern Congo reported that a person had died of the disease near the city of Bukavu, some 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of the outbreak\u2019s epicenter in Ituri Province. <\/p><p>It was the first case confirmed in South Kivu Province, and another case was reported there later in the day. Previously, cases had been reported only in Ituri and North Kivu provinces and in neighboring Uganda. <\/p><p>The virus spread undetected for weeks following the first known death in late April as Congolese health authorities tested for a different Ebola virus more commonly responsible for outbreaks in the country. Health officials have not yet found <span>\u201cpatient zero,\u201d according to the WHO.<\/span><\/p><p>The scale of the outbreak so far suggests it \u201cstarted probably a couple of months ago,\u201d said Ana\u00efs Legand, a viral hemorrhagic fevers expert at the WHO.<\/p><h2>The outbreak has had international repercussions<\/h2><p>India and the \u2060African Union said Thursday that the \u2060India-Africa \u2060Forum Summit, scheduled to be held next week in \u200cNew Delhi, had been postponed due to \u2060the \u201cevolving health situation in parts of Africa.\u201d<\/p><p>On Wednesday, Congo\u2019s <span>soccer team canceled a three-day<\/span> World Cup preparation training camp and a planned farewell to fans in the capital Kinshasa because of the Ebola outbreak. <\/p><p>The U.S. government has placed restrictions on any travelers who have visited Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, barring foreign visitors among them from entering the U.S. and requiring U.S. citizens and permanent residents to be diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport for screening. <\/p><p>___<\/p><p>Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal and Imray from Cape Town, South Africa. Associated Press writers Jamey Keaten in Geneva; Jean Yves Kamale in Kinshasa, Congo; and Wilson McMakin in Dakar, Senegal contributed to this report.<\/p><p>___<\/p><p>For more on Africa and development: <span>https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/africa-pulse<\/span><\/p><p>___<\/p><p>The Associated Press receives financial support for global health and development coverage in Africa from the Gates Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP\u2019s <span>standards<\/span> for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at <span>AP.org<\/span>.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=59\">WHO chief concerned over \u2018scale and speed\u2019 of Ebola outbreak as Congo reports 134 dead<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain. Aid groups and experts have warned of the steep challenges in slowing the outbreak of a rare Ebola virus that spread for weeks before it was identified. It&#8217;s hit a region long beset by problems of insecurity, insufficient facilities and the large displacement of people. 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