An "Ebola Perfect Storm" Is A-Brewing Anew, Tonight, In Beni -- Democratic Republic of The Congo...

This is. . . very hard news. With new factional killings (15 dead overnight), in multi-front warring -- inside the Mayangose sector of Beni, once again, the WHO and local health workers have had to suspend tracing, and vaccination and treatment efforts. It is unclear when it will be safe enough to resume contact with affected families, and ring groups.

Here is the Wa Po, with a bit of the latest -- as of Sunday afternoon, local time:

. . . .Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the epicenter of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo’s military said Sunday, as the violence again forced crucial virus-containment efforts to be suspended. . . .

Confirmed Ebola cases have reached 202 in this outbreak, including 118 deaths. Allied Democratic Forces rebels attacked Congolese army positions and several neighborhoods of Beni on Saturday and into Sunday, Capt. Mak Hazukay Mongha told the AP. The U.N. peacekeeping mission said its troops exchanged fire with rebels in Beni’s Mayangose area. . . .

[Ebola outbreak arrest work] in Beni was suspended on Sunday and “tomorrow, we don’t know yet,” Yao said, noting that the burials of victims can be tense. “We understand. We are sympathetic. It’s not easy to lose relatives. At the same time, it could affect the (outbreak) response. . . .”

Please -- please -- show human kindness to one another, tonight and tomorrow. . . it is not all we can do. . . but it something we must do more of, day by day -- globally and locally. Onward.

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