Congo war can release deadly viruses (video)

However, the International Committee of the Red Cross warns that the laboratory of the National Biomedical Research Institute, where the Ebola samples and other deadly pathogens are stored. About it writes Daily Mail. Goma is now under the control of "M23" and the rebels are moving south to Bukavu, the capital of the province of South Kivu.

Shooters continue in the city, and scientists say that "at large" can be dozens of deadly viruses, as interruptions with electricity have begun, which threatens laboratories where viruses are stored and studied. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICCH) has warned of "incredible consequences" if the Ebola and other pathogens are torn out and spread in crisis.

The regional director of the humanitarian organization Patrick Yusef stated that the ICRC "is extremely concerned about the situation in the laboratory of the National Biomedical Research Institute, which is faced with the risk of electricity shutdown, as well as the issues of preserving samples that may be affected by collisions.

" Humanitarian organizations have also warned that attacks on water supply and electricity infrastructure can contribute to the spread of fatal infectious diseases, such as cholera, and clashes can provoke a humanitarian crisis. Bertrand Bisimwa, a political leader and head of M23, stated today that his fighters are in the process of taking the "last unstability centers under control".

"Our army is working hard to guarantee full safety, complete peace and final peace, as is the case for all their compatriots who live in the liberated areas," he said at X. Armed M23 group on January 28 took control of the airport on January 28 Goom, the source reported, adding that "more than 1,200 Congolese soldiers were surrendered and in custody" at the UN mission base.

According to the ICRC, more than 100 people were killed in a few days of fierce clashes, about 1000 were injured, the city's hospitals were "crowded", and some patients "lie on the floor due to lack of place". According to the United Nations, hundreds of residents of the Congo received gunshot, mortar and shrapnel wounds, and no one was removed. It is reported that there is not enough food, humanitarian aid was plundered, and women raped right on the streets.

The embassies of many foreign countries, including the US, Belgium, France and others, are burning in the GOMA. "We receive a report that health workers are shooting and patients, including babies, get under cross -fire," the WHO coordinator told reporters to respond to ADelhaid Marshang.

She warned that significant harm to infrastructure, such as water supply stations and power grids, means that "favorable conditions for the spread of infectious diseases such as cholera, dysentery and measles are created. " According to the UN Agency for Refugees, violence in rich minerals of the province of North Kivu around Goma forced half a million people to leave their homes since the beginning of the year.

At a meeting of the UN Security Council, dedicated to the crisis, on Tuesday, peacekeeping forces of this World Age in the Democratic Republic of the Congo warned that hostilities could lead to the renewal of ethnic conflicts that reach genocide in Rwanda and earlier times.

"Over the past four days of human rights management, at least one case of ethnic soil has been documented at the place of displaced persons in Goma," Vivian Van de Perre said from the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda rejected these accusations, stating that her goal was to fight an armed group called FDLR, created by the former Hutu leaders who participated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and killed Tutsi.

In the July report, the UN experts said that up to 4,000 Randa soldiers were fighting on the M23 side and that Rwanda "actually controls" the operations of the group. The ceasefire reached in August could not keep peace, and negotiations were suddenly stopped last month. We will remind, in November 2024 in the Congo 143 people died of an unknown disease. Local authorities reported that infected people have symptoms of influenza, including high fever and severe headache.