Deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo: health agency

FILE - Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), African health authorities said on May 15.

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Some 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported and "four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases," the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said in a statement on social media.