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4 new Ebola cases recorded in north-west DRC

Xinhua,May 10, 2018 Adjust font size:

KINSHASA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least four new cases of the Ebola virus disease have been reported in Bikoro territory, Equateur province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a hospital source on site.

According to the source, among the people diagnosed with Ebola, there are also caregivers from Bikoro Hospital.

With the previous two cases, the number of confirmed Ebola cases has grown to six and at least 17 others suspected of being infected with Ebola died in this area, according to the Ministry of Health.

Since the official announcement of the reappearance of this disease, the central authorities have deployed a team of doctors to organize the response in the area.

The DRC is now in its ninth Ebola outbreak since 1976. The latest epidemic recorded by the country took place in May 2017 in the Likati Health Zone region of Bas-Uele province in northern DRC. The Likati epidemic killed four people. Enditem

 

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