The new case was confirmed in Beni, a community that had been an epicenter of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. Health workers in Congo had been awaiting the end of one global public health emergency _ Ebola _ while bracing for the arrival of another: the coronavirus. The Ebola outbreak has claimed more than 2,260 lives _ second to the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa. "It's really a shame,'' said Mbusa Kyota, who had just heard the news of the new Ebola case on the radio. Health workers had already been turning their Ebola messaging and other efforts to fighting the coronavirus.

Source: The Standard April 11, 2020 06:45 UTC