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More than 8,900 Ebola virus infections have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since May.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports, citing foreign media.
More than 4,300 people have died from the disease, according to the reports.
The DRC has recorded 8,914 confirmed infections and 4,315 deaths, putting the fatality rate at 48.4%.
Since the previous bulletin, published on Oct. 5, the country has reported 472 additional infections and 235 deaths.
The outbreak currently affects 65 administrative districts across seven provinces in the east of the country, one more district than the previous week.
The current Ebola outbreak began in the DRC and Uganda on May 15. Ugandan authorities declared the outbreak over in the country on July 28, and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed this on Aug. 25.
On Oct. 6, Kenyan authorities announced the country’s first Ebola case. The infected person was a Kenyan citizen who had been in the DRC and died in hospital on Oct. 5 after returning home.
Kenya’s Ministry of Health said 293 tests had been conducted, with no additional infections detected.
Ebola is a severe viral disease that can spread through direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person. Outbreaks are monitored through case reporting, testing and public-health measures aimed at tracing contacts and limiting transmission.
