Health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.

There are hundreds of suspected cases and dozens of people have already died.

Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province. The Africa CDC reported 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths so far.

More than 60 people have died after a new Ebola outbreak hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as hundreds more are believed to have the disease.

Congo is suffering a new Ebola outbreak with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far, according to the Africa CDC.

Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there have been…

Health zones in Mongwalu and Rwampara report clusters of deaths and suspected infections

Africa's top public health agency said on Friday that there was a confirmed Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province.

A new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has killed at least 65 people, with 246 suspected cases reported, raising concerns over regional spread and prompting an emergency…

The surge in cases marks the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976.

Ebola virus disease is a severe and often fatal illness endemic to Congo's tropical forests. | World News

At least 80 people have died in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province. Authorities also say health workers are racing to intensify screening and contact…

Africa's top public health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 246 cases and 80 deaths reported so…

About 246 suspected cases & 65 deaths have been reported mainly in Mongbwalu and Rwampara health zones in Ituri province, near the Ugandan border.

At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify…

Health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.

The suspected index case was a nurse who died at the Evangelical Medical Centre in Bunia after showing symptoms that included fever, bleeding, vomiting and severe weakness.

Officials first announced the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases.

At least 87 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak, as health authorities warn the strain "has no vaccine, no specific treatment".

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has claimed at least 87 lives.

At least 118 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of suspected Ebola infections, said health officials as the outbreak spreads.