A field coordinator for humanitarian group Oxfam warned on Tuesday that supplies of clean water — the “first line of defense” against the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — are “simply not available.”
Contaminated water could be one reason case numbers are increasing despite massive health resources deployed to the outbreak region.
Oxfam’s Manel Rebordosa told Sky News on Tuesday that the eastern Ituri province and its mining town Mongbwalo — which is ground zero for the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak — have a nightmarish combination of transient residents, poor water quality, terrible personal hygiene, and persistent…
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