Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages, disrupting response as deaths top 1,800
Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicenter of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record staged protests Thursday to demand payment for their wages, abandoning several health facilities even as aid workers warn that the disease is still spreading at an alarming rate.
TL;DR
- Dozens of Congolese health workers protested on Thursday.
- The protests were held at the epicenter of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak.
- Workers demanded payment for their wages.
- Several health facilities were abandoned due to the protests.
- Aid workers warn that the disease is still spreading at an alarming rate.