The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed in 24 separate locations across three provinces, underlining the wide geographical spread of a disease that probably went undetected for weeks before the outbreak was announced last month.
DR Congo’s National Institute of Public Health on Wednesday said 344 cases of the deadly haemorrhagic fever had been recorded, including in Mambasa, nearly 250 kilometres by road from the mining town of Mongbwalu where the outbreak is thought to have begun.
There have also been one death and 15 confirmed cases in neighbouring Uganda. One of those is a Congolese resident known to have travelled to the United Arab Emirates before falling ill.
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