Congo Ebola response hit by worker protests over late pay

Ebola response workers in eastern Congo have staged protests this week to call for the government to pay salaries ​and allowances that they say are nearly three months overdue, as ‌security incidents continue to hamper efforts to contain the outbreak.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has tested and isolated about 200 passengers from a river boat intercepted in Kinshasa after a traveller died of suspected Ebola. Africa CDC says the move is aimed at containing the outbreak as authorities weigh broader vaccination efforts.

The health workers said they haven’t received wages and bonuses for their work fighting Ebola since the outbreak was declared in one of Congo’s most remote and vulnerable areas ravaged by rebel conflict.

Aid workers say the virus is spreading at an 'alarming and unprecedented rate' as virus spreads to remote areas.

Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicentre of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record staged protests Thursday to demand payment for their wages, abandoning several health facilities even as aid workers warn that the disease is still spreading at an alarming rate.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ebola outbreak is spreading, with the number of infections rising rapidly. Declared in mid-May, this seventeenth Ebola outbreak has already claimed more than 1,700 lives. To address this situation, the World Health Organisation has called for an "intensified" medical respons

Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages, disrupting response as deaths top 1,800  Toronto Star

Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are protesting over unpaid wages

Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages, disrupting response as deaths top 1,800  AP News

DOZENS of health workers working at the epicentre of Congo’s Ebola outbreak staged protests today to demand their wages. The health workers are protesting at the governor’s office in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, which accounts for nearly 90 per cent of the Ebola cases in the country.  They are the latest group

DAKAR, Aug 4 - Ebola response workers in eastern Congo have staged protests this week to call for the government to pay salaries and allowances that they say are nearly three months overdue, as security incidents continue to hamper efforts to contain the outbreak.