Ebola Resurfaces Again! 3 Confirmed Dead in Democratic Republic of Congo

There is an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO (World Health Organization) announced on Friday.

The Health Ministry of the DRC together with the WHO confirmed that one person who died recently of a hemorrhagic fever has tested positive for the Ebola virus, indicating a fresh new outbreak of the killer disease.

According to the Ministry, the case was confirmed after tests were conducted on nine people who came down with a hemorrhagic fever in Bas-Uele province in the north of the country on or after April 22, adding that three people have died of fever, BBC reports.

”Our country must confront an outbreak of the Ebola virus that constitutes a public health crisis of international significance,” the ministry said.

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”It is in a very remote zone, very forested, so we are a little lucky. We always take this very seriously.”

The first teams of epidemiologists, social mobilization, and risk communication experts as well as specialists in  hygiene and sanitation are expected to reach the outbreak setting by today, the WHO statement said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has experience containing Ebola outbreaks. The first known outbreak of the deadly disease occurred there in 1976, in Yamuku. A total of 318 cases were recorded in that outbreak, including 280 deaths.