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21:13, 10-May-2018
Four new suspected Ebola cases received in NW Congo’s Bikoro
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The main hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northwestern town of Bikoro received four new suspected Ebola cases on Thursday, the hospital’s director said.
A total of 25 are now suspected to have been infected since the start of the year, of whom at least 17 have died. Hospital director Serge Ngaleto said that among the four new cases, two were health workers who had come into contact with people suspected of being infected.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro on May 8. Ebola is endemic to the country, where the last Ebola outbreak occurred in 2017 in its northern part.
Source(s): Reuters