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Jean-Jacques Mbungani, Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), confirmed on Friday evening a new case of Ebola virus disease in the northeast of the country.
The “new resurgence of the Ebola virus” has taken place in the Beni health zone in North Kivu province in northeastern DRC, Mbungani said in a statement.
According to the official, the patient is a three-year-old boy who died on October 6. “The sample tested positive for Ebola.”
The minister said response activities were underway.
In early May 2021, the DRC officially declared the end of the 12th Ebola epidemic, three months after its resurgence in North Kivu province.
Since the outbreak was declared on February 7, 2021, a total of 12 cases have been reported, including 6 deaths in the province.
The recent resurgence was genetically linked to the 2018-2020 epidemic in the northeast of the country, in which 3,470 people were infected and 2,287 were killed. Another epidemic in the western province of Equateur infected 130 people and killed 55 between June and November 2020. End of year
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