A new Ebola outbreak hits the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Since the end of April, a number of people in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo have become sick with an “undiagnosed illness,” and three people have died as a result. Yesterday, the country’s Ministry of Health told the World Health Organization that one of the deaths was caused by the Ebola virus.
In all, nine people have come down with symptoms consistent with the virus. Based on the lab-confirmed case, the WHO has declared an official outbreak, the first in the country since 2014. Members of the DRC’s Ministry of Health and WHO have been dispatched to the area, and are expected to arrive “in the coming days,” according to Peter Salama, WHO’s executive director for emergencies. There, they will work to treat the infected,...