Unpaid workers strike at Ebola center in Congo as outbreak faces challenges
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly, with new cases appearing in major cities and treatment centers facing labor strikes. The crisis is exacerbated by misinformation, rebel activity, and a lack of approved vaccines for the specific virus strain involved.
Why it matters
The rapid spread of a highly contagious and often fatal virus in a region with limited infrastructure poses a significant threat to global health security.
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The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the fastest-growing one in history, and new challenges keep emerging even as work begins on a study of two badly needed treatments for a type of Ebola that currently has none.
A strike this week by unpaid workers at an Ebola treatment center at the heart of the outbreak could light the flame for others in a remote region already suffering from bare-bones infrastructure , rebel threats and misinformation asserting that the deadly virus isn’t real .
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