Ebola in Dr. Congo: A new outbreak kills 15

The country’s Ministry of Health said that at least 15 people died in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The ministry added that the presence of the virus was confirmed in a 34 -year -old pregnant woman who was accepted to the hospital last month after showing symptoms that included high fever and frequent vomiting.

She died a few hours after the failure of multiple organs.

This will be the sixteenth fascism for the deadly virus in the vast wide Africa state that has bad health services, and strikes the conflict in the East.

The ministry said that the last outbreak in Casai Central Province, where it recorded 28 suspects.

Officials urged strict commitment to preventive measures, including frequent and far -social hand washing in high -risk areas.

Officials said the tests had identified the Zayer breed from Ebola, a rare but often fatal disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it “is behaving with a determination to stop the spread of the virus quickly and protect societies.”

He said that four health workers were among the 15 people who died.

“Cases numbers are likely to increase with the continued transmission of infection. Local response teams and local teams will find people who may develop and need to get care, to ensure that everyone protects as quickly as possible,” Which added in a statement.

The World Health Authority said that Dr. Congo had a “stock of treatments”, including 2000 doses of Ervebo vaccine, “effective to protect this type of Ebola.

The last outbreak of Ebola was in Dr. Congo three years ago, killing six people.

The outbreak of the disease in the period 2018-20 was more deadly, as it was more than 2000 people.

The virus, which was believed to have arisen in fruit bats, was discovered for the first time in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now known as Dr. Kongo.

People are infected when they have a direct contact through the broken skin, or the mouth and nose, with blood, vomiting, stool, or physical fluids for a person with Ebola.