MSF to close its Elikya Ebola treatment centre in Bunia on October 31

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will close its Elikya Ebola treatment centre in Bunia on October 31; the centre opened in early June and has about 100 beds. It has treated 572 confirmed cases and is no longer admitting new patients, who are being referred to Bunia’s four other operational treatment centres. MSF says local capacity is sufficient to continue care and will redeploy its emergency teams to other affected areas. Although more than two weeks have passed without a newly confirmed case in Niania, Mambasa territory, transmission remains active elsewhere, and MSF urges people to maintain prevention measures and report suspected cases promptly.