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.

A new outbreak of the infectious Ebola virus has killed dozens of people in a remote part of Congo, according to the Africa CDC health authority. Neighboring Uganda later said one…

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.