DRC Ebola workers strike as CDC signals a months-long response
TL;DR
Healthcare workers in Ituri, DR Congo, are striking over unpaid wages and equipment shortages amid an Ebola outbreak that has reached 1,729 cases and 582 deaths in DRC and Uganda, with the Bundibugyo strain spreading to new areas. The CDC says the response will last months and requires a larger frontline workforce under level 1 activation, though only 38 new hires have been made this fiscal year.
- Ebola workers strike as CDC head says agency’s response will last months CIDRAP
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- Confirmed Ebola deaths in DR Congo hit 600 Al Jazeera
- Some health workers in Congo's Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600 AP News
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