21 cases of haemorragic fever have been notified in Ikoko Impenge, health zone of Bikoro (Equateur Province), northwestern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), of which 17 deaths, since May 3, 2018. The national Ministry of Health in the DR Congi, has declared the Ebola outbreak, yesterday, May 08, 2018. This is the 9th Ebola epidemic in the DRC, the first one was in 1976.
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