First Cases Of Ebola In DR Congo Confirmed

First cases of Ebola were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the epidemic spreads from four other affected African nations. "The results are positive. The Ebola virus is confirmed in DRC," Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi told AFP, referring to testing that had been undertaken on people infected with a previously unidentified fever that has killed 13 since mid-August in the northwest of the country.

Source-AFP