Congo declares new Ebola epidemic, 1,000km from eastern outbreak

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The world's second-deadliest disease has killed more than 2,200 people. FMTNews Covid19

WHO healthcare worker prepares vaccines to give to front line aid workers in Mbandaka, Congo in May 2018.

Health Minister Eteni Longondo said four people who died in Mbandaka were confirmed as positive cases following testing at the national biomedical laboratory in the capital Kinshasa. The outbreak was confirmed by World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who tweeted: “This outbreak is a reminder that #Covid-19 is not the only health threat people face.”

 

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