Ebola Case Confirmed in Rebel-Held Area of DR Congo
The outbreak has killed 139 people and caused 600 suspected cases as the Bundibugyo strain spreads into rural South Kivu.
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First Ebola case confirmed in DR Congo’s M23-held province
A first Ebola case has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, in an area under the Rwanda-backed M23 militia’s control, the armed group’s spokesman said Thursday. Efforts to get a grip on the latest outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic disease, which the World Health Organization has declared an international emergency, have been hampered by the DRC’s long-running conflicts, including that between the Co…
The AFC/M23 leadership, which controls South Kivu province, announced the first case of Ebola in the city of Bukavu, which borders Rwanda, and has since died. AFC/M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka wrote on X that “there is an Ebola case in South Kivu province, in the city of Bukavu.” He said it was a resident who had returned from Kisangani, in Tshopo, where the largest number of Ebola cases are concentrated. He said the resident died before the ca…
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