Officials from the Health Ministry said four people have tested positive for Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just days after another outbreak that killed 33 people in the northwest of the huge country was declared over. The ministry said there was no evidence linking this outbreak with the last one, which began in April and occurred over 2,500 km (1,553 miles) away. A team of 12 experts from the health ministry will arrive in the zone on Thursday to set up a mobile lab, the ministry said. This is the central African country’s 10th outbreak of Ebola since 1976, when the virus was discovered near the eponymous river in the north. It often spreads to humans via infected bush meat.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2018 15:00 UTC