Congo says latest Ebola outbreak is now over
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The Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that infected 12 people in the eastern province of North Kivu and killed six of them.
The outbreak was contained using Merck鈥檚 Ebola vaccine, which was given to more than 1,600 of the patients鈥 contacts and contacts of contacts, the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres, said.
The cases were genetically linked to the 2018-20 Ebola epidemic that killed more than 2,200 people.
That was the second-highest toll recorded in the disease鈥檚 history.
The latest flare-up emerged on February 3 in the city of Butembo with the death of a woman whose husband had contracted the virus in the previous outbreak.
The virus can remain in certain body fluids, including semen, of a patient who has recovered from the disease, even if they no longer have symptoms of severe illness.
鈥淚 am pleased to solemnly declare the end of the 12th epidemic of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu Province,鈥 health minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani said in a statement.
鈥淒espite the security context and the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidity and efficiency of the response put in place by the government and its partners made it possible to defeat this pandemic in less than three months,鈥 he said.
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