According to local media reports, on February 14, the fourth confirmed case of Ebola was found in Butembo, North Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa), a health system worker.
A source from the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo pointed out that this is the first confirmed case among medical staff.
The Ebola response team is being deployed locally.
There are currently nearly 10,000 doses of Ebola vaccine in the country, some of which are on the way to Butembo.
On June 25, 2020, the Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo Longondo announced the official end of the tenth round of Ebola outbreaks in the northeastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.
This round of the epidemic began in August 2018 and lasted for nearly two years. A total of 3324 confirmed cases, 153 suspected cases, and 2287 deaths have been reported. It constitutes a public health emergency of international concern and is the largest in Congo (DRC) history. A serious Ebola epidemic.
Less than eight months before the end of the epidemic, another confirmed Ebola case was found in North Kivu.
(Headquarters reporter Bai Jie)