The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the country\u2019s health ministry said, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Last week, however, the World Health Organization said DR Congo was investigating a suspected case.<\/p>\n
The sample from a 46-year-old woman who died on August 15 in Beni city, North Kivu province, \u201ctested positive\u201d for Ebola, DR Congo’s health ministry said in a statement published late Monday.<\/p>\n
It added that tests showed the case is linked to a previous strain of the virus from 2018 and was not a new variant.<\/p>\n
The ministry sought to reassure the public that officials were \u201chard at work on the ground\u201d to respond to the situation.<\/p>\n
Around 160 people have been identified as contact cases, it added.<\/p>\n
Ebola is an often fatal viral hemorrhagic fever. The disease was named after a river in Zaire, as the country was known when it was discovered.<\/p>\n
Human transmission is through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhea.<\/p>\n
Over 120 militias roam the DRC\u2019s mineral-rich but volatile east, where attacks on civilians are routine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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