{"id":2408,"date":"2026-06-19T15:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:08:32","slug":"at-least-30-deaths-at-congo-camp-show-ebola-could-be-spreading-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2408","title":{"rendered":"At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 19 (Reuters) &#8211; At least 30 people have died \u200bsince the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented, and, because of the symptoms, \u200ccould indicate Ebola is spreading fast there.<\/div><div>It was not possible to confirm the causes of death because patients or their relatives in Kigonze camp in Bunia &#8211; the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo &#8211; had until Thursday refused testing the living or dead, a camp spokesperson and aid organisation Caritas said.<\/div><div>However, all had symptoms including headaches, fever and vomiting, which are associated with Ebola, a camp spokesperson, a bereaved father, three aid sources and a civil society \u200bleader told Reuters.<\/div><div>\u201cPeople didn&#8217;t just die like this before,\u201d camp spokesperson Desire Grodya Bapi told Reuters.<\/div><div>The deaths in Kigonze, which has more than 15,000 residents, raise fears that Ebola may \u200bbe circulating undetected among eastern Congo&#8217;s over 5 million displaced people, with resistance to testing compounding the challenge posed by severely limited sanitation measures.<\/div><h2>BODIES COVERED \u2060IN SHEETS<\/h2><div>Camp President Dz&#8217;djo Ndrutsi Etienne said 10 people were buried this week alone. Grodya said the camp typically recorded between one and three deaths per month.<\/div><div>Justin Zanamuzi, director of Catholic aid organization \u200bCaritas, which helps Kigonze\u2019s residents, said his team on Wednesday saw several bodies covered in sheets, including a pregnant woman and children.<\/div><div>Footage from Thursday shared by the civil society leader and verified by Reuters \u200bshowed health teams in hazmat suits disinfecting more bodies and preparing tiny coffins next to a crucifix as mourners wailed.<\/div><div>\u201cOur team tried to persuade people to accept doctors to inspect the bodies. They completely refused,\u201d Zanamuzi said.<\/div><div>The outbreak in the country was first declared by Congolese officials on May 15, but the officials said the deaths had begun earlier in the month.<\/div><div>Grodya, the camp spokesperson, said health workers had now taken samples from five victims and were \u200bawaiting the results. Cholera also has Ebola-like symptoms and spreads quickly in poor communities, though it tends not to transmit person to person.<\/div><div>Camp resident Kato Lonu, 47, lost two children, including a 6-month-old. &#8220;These \u200bare conditions that no human being should have to live in. If you look around, people are dying one after another,&#8221; he said.<\/div><h2>OVERFLOWING TOILETS AMONG CHALLENGES<\/h2><div>Four aid workers said the spike in deaths highlighted how communities were \u200cnow more exposed \u2060to diseases such as Ebola as donors, including key contributor the U.S. under President Donald Trump, have cut funding for water, hygiene and sanitation, which is essential in fighting a disease that spreads through bodily fluids such as human waste.<\/div><div>Data compiled by the U.N. showed that funding for toilets and handwashing stations in Congo more than halved between 2024 and 2025, to around $38 million, and this year&#8217;s $80 million appeal is only 21% funded.<\/div><div>Congo has hundreds of camps for civilians fleeing war, some home to 100,000 people. Ebola deaths have already been recorded in another camp in the same province of Ituri, which has over \u200b90% of nearly 900 confirmed cases.<\/div><div>In Kigonze, large \u200bfamilies share the same plastic tent spaced \u2060less than a meter apart and children wander its dirt alleyways barefoot.<\/div><div>There are toilets marked USAID &#8211; Washington\u2019s international aid agency dismantled by Trump &#8211; and an aid source said the agency helped fund their construction.<\/div><div>However, Grodya and the aid source said there were not enough toilets and they often overflowed.<\/div><div>\u201cThe latrines, they \u200bfill up very quickly, and people have to empty them themselves, with their bare hands,&#8221; Grodya said.<\/div><h2>U.S. AID TO FIGHT EBOLA<\/h2><div>Washington has been the \u200btop supporter of WASH services \u2060in Congo, and provided over $60 million in WASH services in 2024 to reduce the spread of diseases, a summary shared by a former USAID official showed.<\/div><div>The Trump administration has defended the cuts, saying it wants to focus on \u201chyper-prioritised life-saving humanitarian assistance<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span>\u201d. Washington has committed more than $375 million in direct Ebola funding.<\/div><div>There was no immediate comment from the U.S. State Department.<\/div><div>Reuters could not establish exactly how much, if anything, Washington now gives \u2060to Kigonze.<\/div><div>But four \u200baid groups &#8211; Mercy Corps, Danish Refugee Council, CARE International and Oxfam &#8211; said their U.S.-funded WASH projects for displaced people \u200bin the three Ebola-affected provinces were scaled back or dropped since last year\u2019s cuts.<\/div><div>Mercy Corps built 82 taps and more than 400 public toilets serving over 125,000 displaced people in 2024. 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