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

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.