New Ebola Case Reported In DR Congo

The DRC early last month declared its latest Ebola outbreak over, more than two months after the virus re-emerged in the northwestern Equateur province. Last week, however, the World Health Organization said DR Congo was investigating a suspected case.

It added that tests showed the case is linked to a previous strain of the virus from 2018 and was not a new variant. The ministry sought to reassure the public that officials were “hard at work on the ground” to respond to the situation.

Ebola is an often fatal viral haemorrhagic fever. The disease was named after a river in Zaire, as the country was known when it was discovered. Human transmission is through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea.

Over 120 militias roam the DRC’s mineral-rich but volatile east, where attacks on civilians are routine.

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