Congo confirms two new Ebola cases, including one far from centre of outbreak
Reuters
February 18, 2021 05:05 MYT
February 18, 2021 05:05 MYT
Medical workers prepare medicine at the Matanda Hospital in Butembo, where the first case of Ebola died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. - AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro
KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two new cases of Ebola, including one far from the centre of the outbreak, provincial Health Minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita said on Thursday.
The cases were found in Katwa and in Manguredjipa, which is about 150 km (93 miles) west of the city of Butembo, where all the previous cases have been clustered.
One of the new cases was a known contact of another patient, but investigations are under way for the second to know how he might have been infected, said Salita.
Congo has now confirmed a total of six Ebola cases and two deaths since it declared a resurgence of the disease on Feb. 7.