AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoEbola Response Under Strain: Eastern Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than contact tracing can keep up, with WHO warning that 80% of new cases are coming from unknown transmission chains and many deaths occur outside health facilities. Health Workers Strike: In Ituri, dozens of staff at the Rwampara Ebola treatment centre shut the hospital and blocked roads over unpaid salaries and bonuses, adding pressure to an already stretched response. US Travel Curbs: The Trump administration has started using a “do-not-board” approach to bar U.S.-bound flights for Americans who have been in Congo unless they spend at least three weeks in another country, citing updated Ebola risk patterns. Regional Payments Boost: BEAC has joined PAPSS, linking CEMAC to instant cross-border payments across Africa and aiming to speed up and lower the cost of transfers in local currencies. Diplomatic Moves: Congo’s envoy Raymond Serge Bale presented credentials in Malaysia, as King Sultan Ibrahim received multiple new foreign missions.
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