{"id":36666,"date":"2026-06-10T07:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36666"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:32:27","slug":"equipment-shortages-threaten-efforts-to-curb-ebola-spread-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/equipment-shortages-threaten-efforts-to-curb-ebola-spread-in-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment shortages threaten efforts to curb Ebola spread in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Nearly a month into one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in recent years, health workers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing shortages of essential protective equipment needed to keep themselves safe and contain the spread of the virus.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Doctors, aid workers and public health officials warn that the lack of resources is hampering efforts to respond effectively to the outbreak.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The DRC on Tuesday said confirmed Ebola cases \u200bhad climbed to nearly 600, raising awareness within the local \u200cpopulation about the importance of safety measures.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nThe outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was announced on May 15, though officials have since said it \u200bwent undetected for weeks, leaving health authorities behind the curve and \u200bstruggling to bring it under control.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35189,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-36666","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"DRC Ebola outbreak","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36667,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36666\/revisions\/36667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}