Ebola Spreads To DR Congo City
The World Health Organization, on Thursday, announced that the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread from the countryside into a city.
The organization, in a statement, said the spread will make the disease increasingly hard to control.
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A fresh outbreak was announced by the organization on May 8 with 23 deaths so far in the rural area in Equateur Province, northwest of the country.
Confirming the development, Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said a case has been confirmed in Mbandaka, a city of a million people about 130km (80 miles).
The city is a major transportation hub with routes to the capital Kinshasa.
Ebola is a serious infectious illness that causes internal bleeding and often proves fatal. It can spread rapidly through contact with small amounts of bodily fluid and its early flu-like symptoms are not always obvious.
