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The Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) is to test Russian systems for detecting the Bundibugyo virus, which causes Ebola, and will train local specialists in the Republic of Congo in conducting laboratory diagnostics.
The agency’s specialists have held talks with the Ministry of Healthcare and Population of the Republic of the Congo on the situation with the outbreak of the disease caused by the Ebola virus in the neighboring Republic of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rospotrebnadzor said. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Congo is at high risk for the spread of the disease.
Measures have been organized in Congo to prevent the import of the infection using a mobile laboratory provided by Rospotrebnadzor in 2025. Rapid reaction teams trained to use advanced Russian testing apparatus are located at all cross-border entry points.
According to the WHO, the number of presumed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is nearing 1,000, and 101 of the infection cases have been confirmed with lab tests. Over 200 deaths, attributable to Ebola, have thus far been registered in the country.
