Fresh Ebola Outbreak Kills 31 in DR Congo 

Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER) - RTR4IV65

31 people are reported to have died after a fresh Ebola outbreak rocked Congo.

The World Health Organization on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo so far following a fresh outbreak early this month after a three year break.

“It has been two weeks since the government of the DRC declared an Ebola outbreak …So far, 48 confirmed and probable cases have been reported, and 31 people have died,” World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters via video link from the WHO headquarters in Geneva.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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