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EBOLA HAS BEEN SPREADING FOR TWO MONTHS, ONLY NOW DISCOVERED! Shocking reports from doctors on the ground, people furious burning everything in their path (PHOTO)
According to local authorities and the rebel Kongo River Alliance, which controls part of eastern Congo, the infected person was a 28-year-old man from a rural area near the provincial capital of Bukavu, who has since died and been safely buried.
TL;DR
- Ebola case confirmed in South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, far from the Ituri epicenter.
- The virus may have been spreading undetected for nearly two months before official registration.
- The infected individual was a 28-year-old man who traveled from the northern city of Kisangani and has since died.
- Two suspected cases, including the deceased, have been identified in South Kivu; another person is isolated pending test results.
- Nationally, there are 670 suspected cases, 61 confirmed, and 160 reported deaths.
- Two confirmed cases have been registered in neighboring Uganda, which plans to suspend flights to Congo.
- The India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled for May 28-31 in New Delhi has been postponed due to the deteriorating health situation.
- In Rvampara, a town affected by the Bundibugjo Ebola strain, police used tear gas and warning shots during clashes over a burial, and protestors burned Ebola tents.