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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo

People in full PPE disinfect a simple wooden coffin laid out between densely packed tented accommodation.
Health workers disinfect a coffin at Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, DRC last week. More than 1 million people live in similar camps to which health workers have no access. Photograph: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters

The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official.

The humanitarian crisis amid the conflict in the affected areas means more than 1 million people are living in camps to which health workers have no access, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Thursday.

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