She was married to a man who had contracted the virus in a previous outbreak. "The provincial response team is already hard at work. It will be supported by the national response team which will visit Butembo shortly," the ministry said in a statement. Samples have been sent to Kinshasa to confirm the link to the previous outbreak. Congo's equatorial forests have been a breeding ground for the Ebola virus, which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea and is spread through contact with body fluids.

Source: Daily Mirror February 07, 2021 23:18 UTC