Ebola: Zambia Intensifies Screening At DRC Main Entry Border - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 8, 2019
A civic leader has said that Healthauthorities have continued with screening of travelers for Ebola symptoms at abusy border entry with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Christabel Mulala, Mayor of Chililabombwetown on the Copperbelt Province, said the screen had been intensified since2018 when a screening desk was established at the Kasumbalesa border.
Mulala said the health personnel onthe DRC side were also screening travelers and various transporters of goodsinto and outside that country.
World Health Organisation andpartners continue to respond to Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DRC andcommunities in affected areas are generally supportive of the Ebola response;operations in some areas have been temporally disrupted due to insecurity.