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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Online Report

Efficiency of Field Laboratories for Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak during Chronic Insecurity, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020

Daniel Mukadi-BamulekaComments to Author , Fabrice Mambu-Mbika, Anja De Weggheleire, François Edidi-Atani, Junior Bulabula-Penge, Meris Matondo Kua Mfumu, Anaïs Legand, Antoine Nkuba-Ndaye, Yannick Tutu Tshia N’kasar, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, John D. Klena, Joel M. Montgomery, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Pierre Formenty, Johan van Griensven, Kevin K. Ariën, and Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
Author affiliations: Rodolphe Merieux INRB-Goma Laboratory, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (D. Mukadi-Bamuleka); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, F. Mambu-Mbika, F. Edidi-Atani, J. Bulabula-Penge, M. Matondo Kua Mfumu, A. Nkuba-Ndaye, P. Mbala-Kingebeni, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke); University of Kinshasa, Kinshasha (D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, F. Mambu-Mbika, F. Edidi-Atani, J. Bulabula-Penge, M. Matondo Kua Mfumu, A. Nkuba-Ndaye, P. Mbala-Kingebeni, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (A. De Weggheleire, J. van Griensven, K.K. Ariën); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (A. Legand, P. Formenty); Direction de la Surveillance Epidémiologique, Kinshasa (Y. Tutu Tshia N’kasar); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.D. Klena, J.M. Montgomery); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (K.K. Ariën)

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Table 7

Major security incidents during the 10th Ebola virus disease outbreak, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020

Incident Site (period) Consequences
Attack on the response team Beni (Aug 2018) Response activities stopped, and recovery took longer to reach full operation
Several days off + murder of civilians Beni (Sept 2018) Response activities stopped for few days
Election unrest + destruction of the ETU Beni/Butembo (Dec 2018) Response teams evacuated
Attacks on laboratory, surveillance, and coordination teams Oicha-Eringeti (Dec 2018) Komanda laboratory deployment delayed
Attackers set fire to Katwa and Butembo ETU Katwa/Butembo (Feb 2019) Temporary ETU closure
Attack on the response teams Butembo (Apr 2019) Response activities stopped, and 1 foreign doctor killed
Attack on the response teams Biakato/Beni (Nov 2019) Evacuation of teams to Goma and Kinshasa, 6 deaths

*ETU, Ebola treatment unit.

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