On the evening of August 22, local time, Congo (Kinshasa) Minister of Health Jean-Jacques Mbungani issued a statement on social media saying that after examining the virus genes of the suspected Ebola cases discovered on the 15th Sequencing confirmed that the case was a confirmed case of Ebola and was recorded on the 17th.
The confirmed case was a 46-year-old woman who died on August 15 due to respiratory distress.
The case was initially treated in a local hospital for other illnesses, but then developed Ebola-like symptoms.
This is the 15th round of Ebola outbreak in the country, and less than two months ago, Mbengani just announced the end of the 14th round of Ebola outbreak in the country's Equateur province on July 4.
The statement also pointed out that this Ebola virus is related to the 10th Ebola outbreak in North Kivu Province from August 2018 to June 2020, and is not a newly emerged virus variant.
The 10th round of Ebola epidemic in Congo (Kinshasa) lasted for nearly two years, with a total of 3,324 confirmed cases and 2,287 deaths. epidemic.
(Headquarters reporter Bai Jie)