Yet another health crisis for a country already battling COVID-19 and the world's largest measles outbreak.
This marks the second time Ebola has hit Equateur province in as many years: A 2018 outbreak there killed 33 people before the disease was brought under control in a matter of months.
The last known patient in Congo's eastern outbreak was released in mid-May but the country now must go about another month without any new cases before an official end to the outbreak can be declared. Congo also has confirmed 611 cases of COVID-19, including 20 deaths, and the number is rising, according to figures released Monday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, like many African countries Congo has conducted extremely limited testing, and observers fear the true toll may be far higher.
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