'It is a very challenging environment where all of these multiple diseases are occurring at the same time.' The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have faced an onslaught of deadly diseases in recent years. Now it's facing the coronavirus pandemic.
The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have faced an onslaught of deadly diseases in recent years, including measles, polio, malaria and Ebola.
Now the central African nation, with a crumbling and overwhelmed health system, is facing another deadly enemy in the coronavirus pandemic. And experts fear the nation is unprepared for the challenge ahead. "It is a very challenging environment where all of these multiple diseases are occurring at the same time," Dr. Richard Mihigo, regional immunization and vaccines development coordinator for the World Health Organization , told CNN.
CNN travels to the epicenter of new Ebola outbreak 04:09Lessons learned are helping fight coronavirus However, despite the setbacks, lessons learned from the fight with those multiple outbreaks and the systems that were implemented are already helping efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus, Mihigo said. "During Ebola we lost many health workers to that disease, so the country has learned a great deal of how to put in place strict infection-prevention control measures," Mihigo said.
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