EBOLA TESTING SUSPENDED IN THREE CONGO LABS FOLLOWING SUPPLY SHORTAGES- WHO. (PHOTO).
Ebola testing suspended in three Congo labs following supply shortages- WHO Three laboratories in Democratic Republic of Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, the World Health Organization said, as the outbreak of the dangerous Bundibugyo species of the virus continues to grow. The agency said laboratories in Bukavu and Lwiro in South Kivu province, and Goma in North Kivu, had run out of stock. It said that the labs were awaiting the arrival of reagents - substances required to run the tests - to resume work on backlogged samples. There have been almost 600 confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak and more than 115 deaths, the Congolese government announced on Tuesday evening. There have also been 19 cases and two deaths in neighbouring Uganda linked to the epidemic, which the WHO has declared an international public health emergency. The outbreak continues to spread and has now affected 25 health zones in the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
About 30 attackers arrived on motorbikes at the base in the Sikasso region near the Ivorian border waving a black flag and shouting ''Allahu Akbar'' {God is the Greatest}.The base was burnt to the ground and two people were confirmed dead.Colonel Souleymane Maiga,Director for Communication for the Malian army confirmed the attack that took place earlier today that ''Very early this morning,a police base in Misseni was attacked by armed men''.He did not give a death toll or comment on the identity of the attackers but said reinforcement had been deployed to the area.Mali erupted into violence in 2012 when Islamic militant group linked to al-Qaeda and Tuareg separatists joined forces to seize the desert north.A French led military operation a year later chased them out,although tensions and sporadic violence recur.
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