KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
They are waiting for the results of a test for Ebola. The patient can only communicate with her relatives through a clear plastic observation window. Her identity is secret, to protect her from being ostracized by locals fearful of Ebola infection. Her children have also been tested but, for now, show no symptoms.
There is a vaccine and a treatment for Ebola, which have brought down the rate at which it kills.
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are waiting for the results of a test for Ebola. The patient can only communicate with her relatives through a clear plastic observation window. Her identity is secret, to protect her from being ostracized by locals fearful of Ebola infection. Her children have also been tested but, for now, show no symptoms. There is a vaccine and a treatment for Ebola, which have brought down the rate at which it kills.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:26 AM EST
In a remote town of Ingenta, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a patient with a still hidden identity, has Ebola-like symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, lays on her bed, with squabbling two toddlers frantic to run away from the prison-like hospital room waiting for the results of an Ebola test.
The patient only communicates through a clear plastic observation window. Her identity is undisclosed to keep her from being detested by citizens fearful of Ebola infection. Her children have also been tested, but so far, they are not showing any symptoms.
Updated 2:24 AM ET, Tue January 5, 2021
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
They are waiting for the results of a test for Ebola.
The patient can only communicate with her relatives through a clear plastic observation window. Her identity is secret, to protect her from being ostracized by locals fearful of Ebola infection. Her children have also been tested but, for now, show no symptoms.
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