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Attacks on health workers in DR Congo making Ebola fight 'harder,' Red Cross says

Driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there are no vaccines or treatments, the outbreak is the biggest in the DRC's history.

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00:02The Red Cross voiced alarm after six workers taking part in a bid to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak
00:08were harmed in attacks last week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:13In a statement, the organisation said that attacks against volunteers and humanitarian personnel are unacceptable.
00:20Last week, the World Health Organisation warned these assaults affect the Ebola response.
00:24Yesterday, one of our ambulance was attacked here, you know, one of the ambulance of the response operation was attacked
00:31here, you know, in Punia.
00:33And we are really quite extremely, very regularly challenged by this situation, by this attack on health care services.
00:40Since the Ebola outbreak was decadently, 12 volunteers have been injured, ambulances have been damaged,
00:46and equipment has been destroyed during 11 violent incidents.
00:50The Red Cross said tensions have emerged with local communities over the handling of Ebola victims' remains.
00:57Burieds must be supervised as corpses remain contagious.
01:01In Eastern Congo, youth caravans raise awareness for Ebola amid the attacks on health workers.
01:07Surterrain, lorsque les équipes de la riposte arrivent pour faire leur travail, il y a la jeunesse qui les attaque
01:16pour qu'ils ne puissent pas faire bien leur travail.
01:19Alors cette activité est organisée pour montrer à ces jeunes-là que la maladie existe réellement,
01:26et nous devons tous unir nos efforts pour que cette maladie puisse être éradiquée.
01:31More than 2,500 deaths from above 5,300 confirmed cases of Ebola have been registered in the DOC, according
01:40to the WHO.

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