At least 30 people died in a civilian camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fearing the spread of Ebola

(Central News Agency Bunia Comprehensive Foreign News Report on the 20th) At least 30 people have died in a camp for displaced civilians in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in more than a month. Officials said that such a death rate is unprecedented. Some of them were confirmed to have died from the Ebola virus, indicating that the disease may be spreading rapidly.

A spokesman for the Catholic relief organization Caritas and the Kigonze camp in Bunia, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic, said it was impossible to confirm the specific causes of all deaths because patients or family members refused to be tested until the 18th.

According to camp spokespersons and residents, all of the deceased suffered from Ebola-related symptoms such as headaches, fever and vomiting.

Camp spokesperson Desire Grodya Bapi said in an interview: "People who were sick before would not die suddenly like this."

There are approximately 15,000 residents in the Kogonze camp. The recent death cases have raised concerns that the Ebola virus has quietly spread among the 5 million displaced people in eastern Democratic Congo. This coupled with the people's refusal to be tested and the extremely poor local health conditions have made it more difficult to control the epidemic.

Camp chairman Dz'djo Ndrutsi Etienne said that 10 people had been buried this week alone. Glodia said that the camp used to record a maximum of one to three deaths per month.

The Congolese government declared an outbreak on May 15, but officials admitted that deaths had already occurred as early as early May.

Four aid workers pointed out that the cuts in foreign aid budgets under the administration of US President Donald Trump have significantly reduced funding for water, sanitation and cleaning available to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaving communities more vulnerable to the threat of infectious diseases such as Ebola, and the death toll may increase as a result.