Nurse killed in attack while responding to Ebola alert in DR Congo
Local youths reportedly accused the health workers of contaminating water sources and spreading Ebola.
A nurse has been killed and another health worker seriously injured in an attack as they were responding to an Ebola alert in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The two were targeted by local youths who accused them of contaminating water sources and spreading the Ebola virus, according to the UN-backed Radio Okapi. The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the attack.
In an attempt to prevent the virus spreading, neighbouring Uganda has banned all non-essential travel to and from DR Congo and says its citizens returning from there will be quarantined for 21 days.
About 60 people who were being monitored after coming into contact with the Kenyan patient have all been discharged, it added.