Ebola response workers in eastern Congo have staged protests this week to call for the government to pay salaries ​and allowances that they say are nearly three months overdue, as ‌security incidents continue to hamper efforts to contain the outbreak.

• Dozens of health workers gathered outside Ebola treatment centres in Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, all in Ituri province, ​on Sunday and Monday, calling for immediate payment of the salaries ​and allowances, protesters said.
• In the protest in Mongbwalu on Monday, ⁠police dispersed demonstrators after they caused a disruption outside a hospital, local ​authorities and a protester said.
• "We are facing an unjust situation that seriously ​jeopardises the continuation of the response effort," the health workers said in a letter addressed to President Felix Tshisekedi. He has not publicly responded.
• Congo's communications ministry did not respond ​to a request for comment.
• Ebola response efforts also continue to be ​disrupted by security incidents amid persistent community mistrust.
• A group of young men in Niania, also ‌in ⁠Ituri province, briefly blocked a U.N. World Food Programme helicopter from landing on Tuesday and threw projectiles at an Ebola treatment centre, prompting police to fire warning shots, according to local civil society leader Samuel Banapia.
• In ​neighbouring North Kivu province, ​rumours on ⁠social media that health authorities planned to impose a curfew sparked protests in Butembo on Monday, Katwa health zone ​chief Jean Mukoko told Reuters.
• An ambulance sent to evacuate ​a suspected ⁠Ebola case was vandalised in Beni on Saturday, a local health official said.
• The outbreak has infected 3,802 people and killed 1,707 since it was declared ⁠on ​May 15, according to the latest government data ​released on Monday, and is now the second-largest on record globally.