On the front page of the press in Kinshasa: Covid-19, bad news announced since the beginning of the week

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The DRC launched its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca on April 19, 2021. © RFI / Pascal Mulegwa

By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda

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Publicity

 " 

Exponential increase in cases, saturation of hospitals

 ", headlines the newspaper

Le Potentiel

, which evokes the specter of chaos presented by the " 

third wave of Covid-19 in the DRC

 ". According to this daily, “ 

the finding is all the more worrying, to see the number of cases of new infections which increase, an average of more than 300 new patients per day, but also the saturation of the centers of care of the patients. In Covid-19 treatment centers, beds are occupied more than 80%

"

, says the newspaper. 

L'Avenir

, another daily, headlines: " 

Tshisekedi tightens the screw

 ." It is about the reinforcement of the measures to face this third wave which, explains the newspaper, seems to be more dangerous than the two preceding ones. The significantly contagious Indian variant is in operation in the DRC, warns the daily

L'Avenir

. And, for this journal, it requires effective measures to monitor its progress. 

Discos and nightclubs closed for 15 days, writes

La République

. Among other new preventive measures advocated against the third wave, the newspaper also cites schools and universities that are open, the reduction in the number of faithful in churches that also remain open, the ban on any gathering of more than 20 people, taking the temperature at the entrances to public markets and the curfew which remains in place from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

The daily

Le Phare

was interested in the trip of the President of the Republic, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, to North Kivu and Ituri. Under the title: "

 Insecurity in the East, the Head of State asks forgiveness from the children of Beni 

", this newspaper reports on the content of the exchanges of the Head of State with the population of Beni represented by the company civil and youth organizations. In this exchange, reports the newspaper

Le Phare

, the President of the Republic confessed to having had difficulty holding back his tears after following the story of a student who had, with many others, spent eight days and eight nights in front of the town hall of Beni before being arrested, tortured and imprisoned. 

In

Forum des As

, finally, that other statement Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, " 

I will have failed my term as the security problem is not settled. 

For the President of the Republic, underlines this newspaper, the state of siege was not decided to annoy the populations of North Kivu and Ituri.

And the head of state quoted again by

Forum des As

to conclude: “ 

I did not come to power to continue to helplessly witness the decline of our population.

 " 

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