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DR Congo's largest Ebola treatment centre set to open in Bunia

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's largest Ebola treatment centre is set to open this week in Bunia, in the country's northeast, as the outbreak continues to spread at what the World Health Organization (WHO) has described as an "exceptional" pace.

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00:00As Ebola spreads across the DRC, the country is stepping up its response with the opening of its largest Ebola
00:06treatment center in Bunia.
00:08The new facility will care for Ebola patients while also diagnosing and treating other suspected illnesses.
00:15When a case is triaged here and suspected of being Ebola, the patient is referred to one of the isolation
00:23wombs located behind me.
00:25If the test result is negative after 48 hours, we run a second test.
00:30If both tests are negative, the person is discharged and returns home, receiving treatment for any other conditions associated with
00:37the initial suspicion.
00:41Medics explain how suspected Ebola patients are managed at the transit center, where those in isolation are monitored as the
00:48outbreak, which has already claimed 1,587 lives, continues to spread.
00:57We currently have four cases in isolation here. Among them is a child who lost his father, a two-year
01:04-old boy whose father died at the Ebola transit center.
01:08He has developed a fever, diarrhea and vomiting. He's already in isolation here.
01:16The new center, the largest of its kind in the country, features specialized facilities to even safely treat pregnant women
01:23with confirmed or suspected Ebola.
01:28So the work is nearing completion. It is a 100-bed facility, with a capacity of 100 beds comprising 60
01:36beds for confirmed cases and 40 for suspected cases.
01:39More than 300 staff members will be working at the center, and we are counting on the community to help
01:45accelerate the process of identifying cases.
01:52The WHO says more than 3,600 Ebola cases have been confirmed and is urging an immediate scale-up of
01:58the response as the outbreak accelerates.
02:00The WHO says may not be questioned
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