DR Congo Reports New Ebola Case in Northwest

Officials confirmed a new Ebola case in Gwaka, a town in the northwestern Sud-Ubangi province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Acting Governor Jean-Rene Galekwa Vundawe reported that the patient died on Tuesday after travelling across the region.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe, head of Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research, verified the positive test result on Friday.

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The deceased traveller journeyed from South Kivu province through Rwanda and Uganda before re-entering the country and arriving in Sud-Ubangi, which borders the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

Former Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani expressed concern over potential widespread exposure, noting that the man used both road and river transport during his journey across multiple international borders.

DR Congo reports new Ebola case in northwest (News Central TV) — DR Congo reports a new Ebola case in the northwest. Credit: Reuters

While health officials have not yet confirmed local transmission within Sud-Ubangi, the case highlights growing concerns over geographic spread.

The current Ebola outbreak—Congo’s 17th—has already infected 6,942 people and claimed 3,349 lives since mid-May, marking it as the country’s most lethal epidemic on record and the second-largest globally behind the 2014–2016 West Africa outbreak.

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