One Person Killed, Several Others Injured In Attack On Hospital In DRC - WHO

Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Friday that one person was killed and several others wounded as a result of an attack on a hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) northeastern city of Butembo, which is an epicenter of Ebola virus outbreak on the country

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th April, 2019) Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Friday that one person was killed and several others wounded as a result of an attack on a hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) northeastern city of Butembo, which is an epicenter of Ebola virus outbreak on the country.

"This is a very sad day. We just learned of one fatality, as well as some people injured, in the attack on hospital in Butembo, #DRC. Butembo is the epicenter of the ongoing #Ebola outbreak. Health workers are working around the clock to save lives. Health workers are #NotATarget," the director-general wrote on Twitter.

On Monday, the DRC Health Ministry said that a total of 803 people have died due to the infection with the virus since its outbreak in 2018.

Last week, the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian organization issued a warning, saying the situation in the DRC was worsening as people had stopped seeking relief assistance due to loss of trust in Ebola responders.

The Ebola virus is a deadly disease that is spread through blood and body fluid. Symptoms include fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, diarrhea.