Since the beginning of May, the country has been officially in a situation of national cholera epidemic. Nearly 30,000 cases have been identified since January 1, 2025.
“There is only one word to define the situation here in Burundi: catastrophic”
Several provinces were affected (the two Kivus, Tanganyika, Tshopo), but the disease has now reached the city of Kinshasa, where cases concern the health authorities. The provincial Minister of Health, Patrice Gongo, launched an appeal to vigilance this Wednesday, June 25, explaining that 13 of the 35 health zones in the capital are impacted by this disease which left at least 28 dead in a few days in the capital. Nearly 150 suspect cases are under close surveillance.
Very affected soldiers
The Kokolo zone, which houses the largest military camp in the capital, is the most affected. “At least 70 cases have been identified,” confirms MSF in a message broadcast on X. The NGO installed a 40 -bed processing unit there. But there are at least 70 cases identified, according to the Minister of Health.
“The population is asked to be careful; to wash their hands well. To consume drinking water. But which can launch such messages, you should not know Kinshasa to make such comments, Insists a Congolese engineer living not far from the center of Kinshasa. IHere, it’s still going. We are not very far from the presidency and the districts occupied by the internationals and a nomenklatura of the regime. But get away from a few kilometers away and you will see the lamentable state of the city, the promiscuity and the lack of everything that characterize the periphery of Kinshasa. There, there is no bottled water or at a price that most people cannot pay“, he deplores, recovering from heaven to avoid the worst;”Despite my training at the ULB, I can only get it back to God; Here, men have all failed “.
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Several sources question a whale from Kisangani, in the province of Tshopo, where cases of cholera are regularly reported. On these boats which descend the Congo river to arrive in Kinshasa, the promiscuity is absolute. “”The captain of one of these boats, who arrived in mid-May, would not have pointed out that there were patients on board. The passengers therefore brightened without being checked. Since then, the number of patients has continued to grow “continues our lawyer.
Some measures have been taken in recent hours, it is now prohibited to sell or prepare food in the various ports/beach of the city. The temperature of passengers on arrival and departure is systematically controlled. “As soon as a suspicious case is discovered, it is placed under surveillance,” explains an official who points to the lack of management of the city enabled the first causes of the situation. “”If we do nothing, epidemics will multiply. It’s obvious. “
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