OMM Newsroom
Ebola cases have been recorded in another province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), North Ubangi.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that foreign media outlets have published the information.
The number of provinces affected by the virus has now reached eight.
Two men in their 20s contracted Ebola, one of whom has died. The report did not disclose the source of infection.
As of October 16, a total of 9,415 cases had been confirmed in the country, while 4,536 people had died from the disease. The fatality rate was 48.2%.
Ituri province in the east of the country remains the main centre of the outbreak. More than 73% of confirmed cases are in the province. Neighbouring North Kivu ranks second in case numbers.
The Ebola outbreak declared in May is considered the largest and deadliest ever recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the world’s second-largest outbreak, after the 2014-2016 epidemic in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people.
Separately, Kenya announced its eighth Ebola case on October 18. Four new infections were confirmed on October 17.
Three of the newly infected people are health workers who treated the first Ebola patient, who arrived in Nairobi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 5 and later died. The fourth case was detected in a person who had been in contact with that patient.
