The DR Congo's 10th epidemic, declared eradicated last June, was considered the most serious with more than 2,200 deaths recorded. Four people have died from the hemorrhagic Ebola virus during a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Sunday, warning that people are resisting measures to contain the highly contagious disease. We have lost four infected people," Eugene Syalita, the provincial health minister in North Kivu province in the DRC's east, told AFP. Syalita said one person died Friday and another on Saturday, while the two others died in early February. Two patients are receiving care at an Ebola treatment centre in Katwa near the major city of Butembo, he added.

Source: Standard Digital February 22, 2021 07:41 UTC