Within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), greater than 100 folks have been quarantined for the reason that starting of the week in a constructing in the middle of the capital Kinshasa. This follows the invention of a number of instances of Covid-19 amongst its passengers.
A sixth of the residents of this constructing in central Kinshasa have examined constructive for Covid-19 and authorities are at the moment making an attempt to determine the pressure of the virus. However don’t panic, the Congolese Minister of Well being, Jean-Jacques Mbungani, assured on Friday, Could 7, throughout a press convention.
Amongst 146 folks, the outcomes of analyzes carried out on the Nationwide Institute for Biomedical Analysis (INRB) confirmed 25 individuals who have been constructive for Covid-19, together with 20 with Indian nationality and 5 Congolese. All needed public well being measures have been taken round this constructing: the quarantine of all occupants of the constructing, the decontamination of the constructing involved, the deepening of the investigations of all confirmed instances and the identification of all contacts to be adopted and precautions taken on the locations recognized as suspects. As well as, the Biomedical Analysis Institute is at the moment performing pressure sequencing to find out the sort of variant concerned. We urge the inhabitants to stay calm and proceed to comply with the barrier measures. Surveillance remains to be wanted to forestall a attainable third wave in a world context that is still worrying.
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