{"id":10160,"date":"2026-05-28T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10160"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:02:09","slug":"aid-supplies-reach-heart-of-congos-ebola-outbreak-as-who-head-travels-to-kinshasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10160","title":{"rendered":"Aid supplies reach heart of Congo\u2019s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and OPE ADETAYO<\/strong><\/p>\n

BUNIA, Congo (AP) \u2014 Aid workers rushed supplies Thursday to the center of Congo\u2019s outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus while beleaguered medical personnel struggled with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and armed groups in a volatile region.<\/p>

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A white cargo plane with aid donated by the European Union delivered masks, gloves, boots and medications \u2014 all of which are in short supply \u2014 to the northeastern town of Bunia at the heart of the outbreak in Congo\u2019s Ituri province. U.N.-branded forklifts lifted several cases into trucks.<\/p>\n

Health workers with scant supplies have been struggling to contain an outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus, a kind of Ebola that has no approved treatment or vaccine. In some areas, doctors have resorted to wearing expired medical masks while treating suspected patients.<\/p>\n

Dangers faced by health workers have been heightened by anger among residents over the stringent medical protocols for dealing with the bodies of victims, which clash with local burial rites. Residents have launched at least three attacks against health centers in Ituri province.<\/p>\n

Aid donated by the EU is expected to arrive in batches over the next eight days, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Kouachi, head of emergency operations at UNICEF in Congo, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was on his way to Congo to see the efforts first-hand efforts. The WHO has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, in the hope of ramping up aid.<\/p>\n