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Violence against healthcare workers in DRC hampers Ebola response

Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment prepare to lower a coffin of a doctor who died of the Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, Ituri province, DRC 26 May 2026.
Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment prepare to lower a coffin of a doctor who died of the Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, Ituri province, DRC 26 May 2026. © Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters

Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been coming under attack, the United Nations and Red Cross have warned, hampering efforts to stem the spread of the Ebola virus, which is spreading 'exponentially'.

More than 260 healthcare workers have been attacked in the past six months and eight have been killed, warned United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis.

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