3 new Ebola cases confirmed in east DR Congo

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Three more new cases of the Ebola virus disease have been confirmed in the Butembo health zone in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the provincial minister of health of North Kivu, Eugene Nzanzu said at a press conference on Monday.

This raises the accumulative Ebola cases in the country to 11 since the resurgence of the virus in the region declared on Feb. 7, 2021. A total of four patients have already died.

On Sunday, the World Health Organization and the provincial authorities in charge of Ebola response announced the first case of recovery of one of the Ebola patients in the treatment center of Butembo.

The vaccination of several contacts is already underway in this part of the country where more than 300 contacts have been recorded since the resurgence of the virus in this health zone.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency