The Democratic Republic of Congo reported Sunday that a woman died of Ebola, three months after the country declared an end to a previous outbreak. The woman's husband had contracted the disease and survived in the previous 2020 outbreak. "It is not unusual for sporadic cases to occur following a major outbreak,” the World Health Organization said Sunday. Samples have been sent to the National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, #DRC for genome sequencing to determine link to the previous outbreak. The Ebola virus, formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare but severe and often fatal illness that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids, triggering severe vomiting and diarrhea.

Source: Ethiopian News February 07, 2021 22:18 UTC