In this file photo taken on November 4, 2018, health workers move a patient to a hospital after he was cleared of having Ebola inside a MSF supported Ebola Treatment Centre in Butembo, in North Kivu province, DRC. Picture: John WESSELS / AFP
“Two cases which tested positive for Ebola were confirmed overnight in South Kivu, in Lwindi district in the Mwenga region,” the provincial government said in a statement.South Kivu Governor Theo Ngwabidje told reporters: “Teams from the national anti-Ebola coordination campaign arrived yesterday to provide support.”
The UN’s World Health Organization declared the epidemic a “public health emergency of international concern” last month after cases were confirmed in the densely-populated North Kivu capital city Goma. Anselme Kangeta, a 35-year-old man, said: “Given the crowded way we live, movement is uncontrolled, people go from one place to another without taking precautions. The authorities must get involved otherwise we will all die.”
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