Just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry has reported a new case of Ebola in the region’s violent east.
More than two months after the virus reemerged in the northwest Equateur province, the DRC declared the most recent Ebola outbreak to be over at the beginning of last month.
However, the World Health Organization reported last week that DR Congo was looking into a possible case.
The 46-year-old woman’s sample “tested positive” for Ebola, according to a statement released late Monday by the DR Congo’s health ministry. She passed away on August 15 in Beni City, North Kivu Province.
Additionally, tests revealed that the case was not a brand-new variance of the virus but rather was connected to an earlier strain from 2018 of the virus.
Officials were “hard at work on the ground” to address the situation, the ministry tried to reassure the public.
According to the statement, 160 people have been classified as contact cases.
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The viral hemorrhagic illness Ebola has very high mortality rate and frequently results in death, Clariform Newsdesk reports.
The illness was given the name of a river in Zaire, the name of the nation at the time it was found.
Fever, vomiting, bleeding, and diarrhea are the primary signs of human transmission by bodily fluids.
In the dangerous yet mineral-rich east of the DRC, where attacks on civilians are frequent, over 120 groups roam.
