A total of 43 cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, 13 of which have been confirmed, have been recorded since the beginning of the new epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo declared on 1 August, according to a report published on Saturday by Congo’s Ministry of Health.
As in the previous epidemic, “vaccination will be an integral part of the response,” said the ministry. “We know there have been three cases in Beni hospital that are positive and another six in Mangina – where the epidemic is reported to have started close to Ituri Province.”
According to the director general in the fight against the disease, Dr Ndjoloko Tambwe Bathé. These nine confirmed cases are in addition to the four that tested positive on the six samples tested on July 31.
