DR.Congo reports new Ebola contamination

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Since August, 1,044 cases, 652 of them fatal, have been recorded, while authorities say 325 people have been cured.

The health ministry, in its latest bulletin drawn up late Thursday, reported new cases of contamination at Beni and Oicha in North Kivu province.

"Since March 20, the focal point of Beni was reactivated after a person contaminated with Ebola virus coming from Biakato Mine travelled for treatment to Beni," in a neighbouring province, the ministry bulletin said. The ministry said the"mobility" of people in the area was"the principal cause" of the reactivation of the epidemic in health zones where transmission of the virus had previously been halted.

 

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