More health workers went on strike in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday to protest unpaid bonuses as the total number of documented Ebola cases surpassed 3,000.
The latest strike hit the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, capital of Ituri province, the epicenter of the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak. Staffers said they voted unanimously to go on strike on Friday due to “two months of unpaid performance bonuses.” About a hundred of the striking workers demonstrated outside the facility the next day.
“We need to be paid, because in the meantime the disease is spreading at the treatment center. I’ve already had five people die who are...
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