Congo River boat intercepted for Ebola and cholera screening
Health authorities screen 255 passengers aboard the Yingfeng 2 after a passenger died following a river journey.
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Congolese authorities and WHO teams are screening 255 passengers on the Yingfeng 2 boat on the Congo River for Ebola and cholera after a sick passenger died.
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Health authorities intercepted the Yingfeng 2 on the Congo River after a passenger fell ill with fever and diarrhoea and died in hospital.
Congolese authorities are carrying out Ebola and cholera screening for all 255 passengers aboard a boat intercepted on the Congo River.
The Yingfeng 2 - operated by a Chinese company - was halted near Bende Bende port, some 65km (40 miles) upstream from the capital, Kinshasa.
Health Minister Roger Kamba said screening was being carried out as a precautionary measure after a passenger with fever and diarrhoea, who had left the boat in Mongala Province, died in hospital. A further two adults, a three-year-old child and a newborn have also died.
Teams from the health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) have boarded the boat and set up a mobile lab to conduct tests.
"For now, no-one has tested positive, and it is likely no one will be positive after 21 days of incubation has elapsed," Kamba told reporters.
He also said that the vessel had departed from Mongala in north-western DR Congo 22 days ago, where there have been no Ebola cases, contrary to earlier reports.
The passenger had already been travelling on the boat for some days before being taken to Pimu health zone for treatment, still in Mongala.
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Completion of 21-day incubation monitoring without positive cases.
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