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Five new Ebola cases in DR Congo: authorities
MBANDAKA, DR Congo, June 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Health authorities in
Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday they had detected five fresh
suspected cases of Ebola in the deadly outbreak afflicting the northwest of
the country.
Three new cases were recorded in the Bikoro area and two in Wangata, the
national health ministry said in a statement. Both lie in the northwestern
province of Equateur.
DR Congo and the UN World Health Organization are rushing to contain the
outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people in recent weeks, with 25 dead.
The outbreak was first declared on May 8 in Bikoro, a remote area in the
rural northwest of the vast central African country.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres opened a new treatment centre in
Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur province, an AFP reporter saw. At least
three people were taken in there on Friday for treatment.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1940 hrs