Goma: An Ebola case has been detected in a province in the north-western corner of Democratic Republic of Congo, far from the epicentre of the country’s most lethal outbreak on record, an official says.
• The case involves a man who died on Tuesday in the town of Gwaka, in South Ubangi province, according to Jean-Jacques Mbungani, a former health minister and a lawmaker from the area. He travelled from South Kivu province in eastern Congo through Rwanda and Uganda before re-entering Congo and arriving in South Ubangi, which borders Republic of Congo and Central African Republic, Mbungani said.
• Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the head of Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, confirmed on Friday that the man had tested positive for Ebola.
• Authorities fear a large number of contacts due to the patient’s use of road and river transport, with neighbouring provinces and countries potentially at risk, Mbungani said.
• The Ebola outbreak, Congo’s 17th, has so far infected 6 942 people, including 3 349 deaths, according to the latest government data. It is the second-largest outbreak on record, behind the outbreak in West Africa that lasted from 2014 to 2016.
- A new Ebola case was detected in Gwaka, South Ubangi province in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The infected man died on Tuesday and had traveled from South Kivu through Rwanda and Uganda before arriving in South Ubangi.
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe, head of Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research, confirmed the man tested positive for Ebola.
- Authorities are concerned about widespread contacts due to the man's use of road and river transport, risking spread to neighboring provinces and countries.
- Congo's 17th Ebola outbreak has infected 6,942 people and caused 3,349 deaths, making it the second-largest outbreak on record.
Goma: An Ebola case has been detected in a province in the north-western corner of Democratic Republic of
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