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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a case of Ebola in a town of about one million inhabitants, the ministry of health said on Wednesday. the health.
Bunia is the second city in eastern Congo to confirm a case of haemorrhagic fever reported last August that killed 610 people and infected another 370 to date.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that the epidemic was concentrated in two areas and could be halted by September, but insufficient security in the east ravaged by Congolese militias and Community resistance to health workers continues to hinder the response.
The case confirmed in Bunia is a six-month-old baby whose parents seem to be well, the Congolese Ministry of Health said in a daily bulletin. Investigations are ongoing to determine how the child has been infected, he added.
The cities of Butembo, which has a slightly larger population than Bunia, and Beni, which is slightly smaller, have also been affected by the Ebola virus.
The current outbreak is the second deadliest in the history behind the 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa, which reportedly killed more than 11,000 people.
Five Ebola centers have been attacked since last month, sometimes by armed badailants. The violence led the French medical charity Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its activities at the epicenter of the epidemic last month.
Report of Fiston Mahamba; written by Aaron Ross; edited by Diane Craft
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