Ebola cases suspected in DRC's Kasai Oriental
Two cases of suspected Ebola haemorrhagic fever have been reported in Kasai Oriental, the neighbouring province to Kasai Occidental, where at least nine cases have been confirmed, according to health officials.
The highly-contagious and often fatal Ebola virus (Photo: WHO)
"We received samples from two suspected cases in the village of Mwene Ditu that have been sent to the laboratory in the United States," Benoit Kebela, the secretary-general in the ministry of health, said. Mwene Ditu is 100km south of Mbuji Mayi, the main town in the province.
“We are awaiting the diagnosis of the samples sent to the laboratory,” Kebela said.
Kebela said the suspect cases were not directly related to the epidemic that had affected hundreds of people in the village of Kampungu, in Kasai Occidental. Kampungu and its environs have been quarantined by the government to contain the outbreak.
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