CONTACT TRACING
Le Polain mentioned contact tracing was getting higher however remained under excellent ranges.
“We at the moment are at simply over 70 per cent when it comes to contacts which can be being appropriately traced. That is an enormous enchancment from the place we have been a few week or two in the past, nevertheless it’s nonetheless too low to make sure acceptable management,” he mentioned.
“There’s much more that must be completed throughout the board: extra provides to make sure that we have secure areas to isolate sufferers. Surveillance can scale up, but when you have no area to place your sufferers safely, it turns into very tough,” he added.
He mentioned that “in comparison with the place the epidemiology is heading”, the present capability of 250 isolation beds throughout the affected provinces wouldn’t be sufficient and wanted scaling up “fairly quickly”.
The outbreak has additionally unfold throughout the border into Uganda, which has recorded 19 confirmed instances, together with two deaths.
The African Union’s well being company mentioned on Thursday that the scenario in Uganda was “beneath management”.
