Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zone

DAKAR: Congo’s ‌Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, authorities ​said on Wednesday, as fresh infections underline sustained transmission more than three weeks after the epidemic was declared. The health ministry said Tchomia, about 50 kilometers south of the provincial capital Bunia on the shores of Lake Albert, has ‌become the latest ‌affected health zone, ​bringing ‌the ⁠total number ​of affected ⁠zones to 26 nationwide and 18 in Ituri province, which accounts for more than 94 percent of confirmed cases.

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