Friday 19 / April / 2024
Kampala: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed a second case of the ebola virus in the border city of Goma on Tuesday.
The response coordination team said at a press briefing that the patient who tested positive has been isolated.
The patient is a 46-year-old man and father of 10 children from Mongbwalu, 70 km from the city of Bunia in Ituri province bordering North Kivu where the Ebola epidemic has also been rife since last year.
According to authorities, the patient arrived in the Nyiragongo area on July 13 and developed the first symptoms on July 22.
The response coordination team called on the public to work with health workers, and reassured neighbouring countries, including Rwanda and Uganda, who share the border directly with the city of Goma, that all measures are being taken for the effective control of the epidemic to prevent further spread beyond the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.
Earlier in July, local officials announced that the first Ebola patient in Goma had died.
